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# UITabBarItemAppearance.Style

Constants indicating the layout of a tab bar item’s content.

```
enum Style
```

## Overview

A tab bar adjusts the layout of each item’s icon and title string based on the current trait environment and other factors.

## Topics

### Item layout

[`case stacked`](/documentation/UIKit/UITabBarItemAppearance/Style/stacked)

A vertically stacked icon and title.

[`case inline`](/documentation/UIKit/UITabBarItemAppearance/Style/inline)

A side-by-side layout of the icon and title, suitable for use in regular-width environments.

[`case compactInline`](/documentation/UIKit/UITabBarItemAppearance/Style/compactInline)

A side-by-side layout of the icon and title, suitable for use in compact-width environments.

### Initializers

[`init?(rawValue: Int)`](/documentation/UIKit/UITabBarItemAppearance/Style/init(rawValue:))

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`BitwiseCopyable`](/documentation/Swift/BitwiseCopyable)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`RawRepresentable`](/documentation/Swift/RawRepresentable)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

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