---
title: standardAppearance
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uitabbaritem/standardappearance
---

# standardAppearance

The appearance settings for a tab bar.

## Declaration

```swift
@NSCopying var standardAppearance: UITabBarAppearance? { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion When a tab bar displays the selected item, the appearance setting in this property overrides the settings in the standardAppearance property of UITabBar. Use this property to apply a tab bar appearance based on the tab bar item stored in the selectedItem property. If the selected item’s standardAppearance property is nil, UIKit uses the tab bar’s standard appearance.

## See Also

### Configuring the item’s appearance

- [selectedImage](uikit/uitabbaritem/selectedimage.md)
- [scrollEdgeAppearance](uikit/uitabbaritem/scrolledgeappearance.md)
- [titlePositionAdjustment](uikit/uitabbaritem/titlepositionadjustment.md)