# SwiftUI: the Label view

> Learn how to use the Label view in SwiftUI to show an icon next to some text, passing a title and an SF Symbols icon name to the systemImage parameter.

Author: Flavio Copes | Published: 2021-10-05 | Canonical: https://flaviocopes.com/swiftui-label/

The Label view is used in views like TabView to show an icon and some text.

You create it by passing the text label as the first argument, and then another string to the `systemImage` parameter, which identifies the icon.

Like this:  

```swift
Label("Calendar", systemImage: "calendar")
```

This will be the result:

![SwiftUI Label view displaying a calendar icon above the text Calendar](https://flaviocopes.com/images/swiftui-label/Screen_Shot_2021-10-02_at_18.19.54.png)

The argument passed to the `systemImage` parameter is one of the `SF Symbols` icons.