---
title: prefersTabBar
framework: SwiftUI
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
platforms: [iOS 27.1+, iPadOS 27.1+]
path: swiftui/toolbarverticalcompressionbehavior/preferstabbar
---

# prefersTabBar

A compression behavior that prefers keeping the tab bar visible.

## Declaration

```swift
static let prefersTabBar: ToolbarVerticalCompressionBehavior
```

## Discussion

Discussion Toolbar items will compress before tab bar items when space is constrained.

## See Also

### Getting compression behavior options

- [automatic](swiftui/toolbarverticalcompressionbehavior/automatic.md)
- [prefersToolbarItems](swiftui/toolbarverticalcompressionbehavior/preferstoolbaritems.md)