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# tabView

Returns the parent tab view for the receiver.

```
var tabView: NSTabView? { get }
```

## Discussion

Note that this is the tab view itself, not the view displayed when a user clicks the tab.

A tab view item normally learns about its parent tab view when it is inserted into the view’s array of items. The NSTabView methods [`addTabViewItem(_:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTabView/addTabViewItem(_:)) and [`insertTabViewItem(_:at:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTabView/insertTabViewItem(_:at:)) set the tab view for the added or inserted item.

## See Also

[`view`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTabViewItem/view)

Sets the view associated with the receiver to `view`.


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