I have a simple NavigationSplitView with various detail views and I want to preserve the navigation state in each of these detail views when the user switches detail views. But it seems that the navigation path is always reset when switching views. // // ContentView.swift // Test // // Created by Miles Egan on 6/13/24. // import SwiftUI enum SelectedView { case first, second } enum DetailItem: String, CaseIterable, Hashable { case one, two, three } struct DetailView: View { let label: String var body: some View { VStack { Text(label) ForEach(DetailItem.allCases, id: \.self) { item in NavigationLink(item.rawValue, value: item) } } .navigationTitle(label) } } struct ContentView: View { @State private var selectedItem = SelectedView.first @State private var firstPath = NavigationPath() @State private var secondPath = NavigationPath() var body: some View { NavigationSplitView { List(selection: $selectedItem) { Text("First") .tag(SelectedView.first) Text("Second") .tag(SelectedView.second) } } detail: { ZStack { NavigationStack(path: $firstPath) { DetailView(label: "First Start") .opacity(selectedItem == .first ? 1 : 0) .navigationDestination(for: DetailItem.self) { item in DetailView(label: item.rawValue) } } NavigationStack(path: $secondPath) { DetailView(label: "Second Start") .opacity(selectedItem == .second ? 1 : 0) .navigationDestination(for: DetailItem.self) { item in DetailView(label: item.rawValue) } } } } } } For example. Try this and navigate a few times when the left sidebar is on the first item. Then switch to the second item. Then back to the first item. The state of the detail view is always reset instead of being preserved. It doesn't work if I let SwiftUI manage the navigation paths instead of providing them myself either.