---
title: UISearchTab
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
path: uikit/uisearchtab
---

# UISearchTab

A tab subclass that represents the system’s search tab.

## Declaration

```swift
@MainActor class UISearchTab
```

## Mentioned in

Elevating your iPad app with a tab bar and sidebar

## Overview

Overview For more information, see Elevating your iPad app with a tab bar and sidebar.

## Topics

### Creating a search tab

- [init(viewControllerProvider:)](uikit/uisearchtab/init(viewcontrollerprovider:).md)

### Instance Properties

- [automaticallyActivatesSearch](uikit/uisearchtab/automaticallyactivatessearch.md)

### Type Properties

- [identifier](uikit/uisearchtab/identifier.md)

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [UITab](uikit/uitab.md)

### Conforms To

- [CVarArg](swift/cvararg.md)
- [CustomDebugStringConvertible](swift/customdebugstringconvertible.md)
- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)
- [Sendable](swift/sendable.md)
- [SendableMetatype](swift/sendablemetatype.md)
- [UIAccessibilityIdentification](uikit/uiaccessibilityidentification.md)
- [UIPopoverPresentationControllerSourceItem](uikit/uipopoverpresentationcontrollersourceitem.md)
- [UISpringLoadedInteractionSupporting](uikit/uispringloadedinteractionsupporting.md)

## See Also

### Container view controllers

- [Creating a custom container view controller](uikit/creating-a-custom-container-view-controller.md)
- [UISplitViewController](uikit/uisplitviewcontroller.md)
- [UINavigationController](uikit/uinavigationcontroller.md)
- [UINavigationBar](uikit/uinavigationbar.md)
- [UINavigationItem](uikit/uinavigationitem.md)
- [UITabBarController](uikit/uitabbarcontroller.md)
- [UITabBar](uikit/uitabbar.md)
- [UITabBarItem](uikit/uitabbaritem.md)
- [UITab](uikit/uitab.md)
- [UITabAccessory](uikit/uitabaccessory.md)
- [UITabGroup](uikit/uitabgroup.md)
- [UIPageViewController](uikit/uipageviewcontroller.md)