<!-- Do not edit this file. It is automatically generated by API Documenter. --> [`WorkspaceLeaf`](WorkspaceLeaf) › [`isDeferred`](WorkspaceLeaf/isDeferred) ## WorkspaceLeaf.isDeferred property Returns true if this leaf is currently deferred because it is in the background. A deferred leaf will have a DeferredView as its view, instead of the View that it should normally have for its type (like MarkdownView for the `markdown` type). 1.7.2 **Signature:** ```typescript get isDeferred(): boolean; ```