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# UITabSidebarItem

```
@MainActor class UITabSidebarItem
```

## Topics

### Classes

[`class Request`](/documentation/UIKit/UITabSidebarItem/Request)

### Initializers

[`convenience init(request: UITabSidebarItem.Request)`](/documentation/UIKit/UITabSidebarItem/init(request:))

Creates a sidebar item from the specified request. The sidebar item will be preconfigured with the appropriate defaults for its content.

### Instance Properties

[`var accessories: [UICellAccessory]`](/documentation/UIKit/UITabSidebarItem/accessories-2peu2)

[`var backgroundConfiguration: UIBackgroundConfiguration`](/documentation/UIKit/UITabSidebarItem/backgroundConfiguration-10tw8)

[`var configurationState: UICellConfigurationState`](/documentation/UIKit/UITabSidebarItem/configurationState-1knk1)

[`var content: UITabSidebarItem.Content`](/documentation/UIKit/UITabSidebarItem/content-swift.property)

[`var contentConfiguration: any UIContentConfiguration`](/documentation/UIKit/UITabSidebarItem/contentConfiguration-254nx)

### Instance Methods

[`func defaultBackgroundConfiguration() -> UIBackgroundConfiguration`](/documentation/UIKit/UITabSidebarItem/defaultBackgroundConfiguration())

[`func defaultContentConfiguration() -> UIListContentConfiguration`](/documentation/UIKit/UITabSidebarItem/defaultContentConfiguration())

### Enumerations

[`enum Content`](/documentation/UIKit/UITabSidebarItem/Content-swift.enum)

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`NSCopying`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCopying)

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

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

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

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

[`NSObjectProtocol`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObjectProtocol)

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

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

### Inherits From

[`NSObject-swift.class`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObject-swift.class)

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