---
title: "help(_:)"
framework: swiftui
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "swiftui/tabcontent/help(_:)"
---

# help(_:)

Adds help text to a tab using a text view that you provide.

## Declaration

```swift
nonisolated func help(_ text: Text) -> some TabContent<Self.TabValue>

```

## Parameters

- `text`: The doc://com.apple.SwiftUI/documentation/SwiftUI/Text view to use as help.

## Discussion

Discussion Adding help to a tab configures the tab’s accessibility hint and its help tag (also called a tooltip) in macOS or visionOS. For more information on using help tags, see Offering help in the Human Interface Guidelines. TabView {     Tab("List", systemImage: "list.dash") {         ListView()     }     .help(Text("Display symbols in list format")) }

## See Also

### Configuring tab content

- [badge(_:)](swiftui/tabcontent/badge(_:).md)
- [contextMenu(menuItems:)](swiftui/tabcontent/contextmenu(menuitems:).md)
- [customizationBehavior(_:for:)](swiftui/tabcontent/customizationbehavior(_:for:).md)
- [customizationID(_:)](swiftui/tabcontent/customizationid(_:).md)
- [defaultSectionExpansion(_:)](swiftui/tabcontent/defaultsectionexpansion(_:).md)
- [TabSectionExpansion](swiftui/tabsectionexpansion.md)
- [defaultVisibility(_:for:)](swiftui/tabcontent/defaultvisibility(_:for:).md)
- [disabled(_:)](swiftui/tabcontent/disabled(_:).md)
- [draggable(_:)](swiftui/tabcontent/draggable(_:).md)
- [dropDestination(for:action:)](swiftui/tabcontent/dropdestination(for:action:).md)
- [hidden(_:)](swiftui/tabcontent/hidden(_:).md)
- [popover(isPresented:attachmentAnchor:arrowEdge:content:)](swiftui/tabcontent/popover(ispresented:attachmentanchor:arrowedge:content:).md)
- [popover(item:attachmentAnchor:arrowEdge:content:)](swiftui/tabcontent/popover(item:attachmentanchor:arrowedge:content:).md)
- [sectionActions(content:)](swiftui/tabcontent/sectionactions(content:).md)
- [springLoadingBehavior(_:)](swiftui/tabcontent/springloadingbehavior(_:).md)