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NavList

Use a nav list to render a vertical list of navigation links.
  • Alpha
  • Review pending by accessibility team
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import {NavList} from '@primer/react'

Examples

Simple

With leading icons

With other leading visuals

With trailing visuals

With a heading

With aria-label

With groups

With sub-items

If a NavList.Item contains a NavList.SubNav, the NavList.Item will render as a <button> and the as prop and href prop will be ignored.

With a divider

With React Router

import {Link, useMatch, useResolvedPath} from 'react-router-dom'
import {NavList} from '@primer/react'


function NavItem({to, children}) {
  const resolved = useResolvedPath(to)
  const isCurrent = useMatch({path: resolved.pathname, end: true})
  return (
    <NavList.Item as={Link} to={to} aria-current={isCurrent ? 'page' : undefined}>
      {children}
    </NavList.Item>
  )
}


function App() {
  return (
    <NavList>
      <NavItem to="/">Dashboard</NavItem>
      <NavItem to="/pulls">Pull requests</NavItem>
      <NavItem to="/issues">Issues</NavItem>
    </NavList>
  )
}

With Next.js

import {useRouter} from 'next/router'
import Link from 'next/link'
import {NavList} from '@primer/react'


function NavItem({href, children}) {
  const router = useRouter()
  const isCurrent =
    typeof href === 'string'
      ? router.asPath === href
      : router.pathname === href.pathname;
  return (
    <Link href={href} passHref>
      <NavList.Item aria-current={isCurrent ? 'page' : false}>{children}</NavList.Item>
    </Link>
  )
}


function App() {
  return (
    <NavList>
      <NavItem href="/">Dashboard</NavItem>
      <NavItem href="/pulls">Pull requests</NavItem>
      <NavItem href="/issues">Issues</NavItem>
      <NavItem
        href={{
          pathname: '/[owner]/[repo]',
          query: { owner, repo },
        }}
      >
        Summary
      </NavItem>
    </NavList>
  )
}

Props

NavList

NameTypeDefaultDescription
aria-label
string
aria-labelledby
string
sx
SystemStyleObject
Style overrides to apply to the component. See also overriding styles.
ref
React.RefObject<HTMLElement>
A ref to the element rendered by this component.
Additional props are passed to the <nav> element. See MDN for a list of props accepted by the <nav> element.

NavList.Item

NameTypeDefaultDescription
href
string
The URL that the item navigates to. href is passed to the underlying <a> element. If as is specified, the component may need different props. If the item contains a sub-nav, the item is rendered as a <button> and href is ignored.
aria-current
| 'page'
| 'step'
| 'location'
| 'date'
| 'time'
| true
| false
falseSet aria-current to "page" to indicate that the item represents the current page. Set aria-current to "location" to indicate that the item represents the current location on a page. For more information about aria-current, see MDN.
sx
SystemStyleObject
Style overrides to apply to the component. See also overriding styles.
as
React.ElementType
"a"The underlying element to render — either a HTML element name or a React component.
ref
React.RefObject<HTMLAnchorElement>
A ref to the element rendered by this component. Because this component is polymorphic, the type will vary based on the value of the as prop.
Additional props are passed to the <a> element. See MDN for a list of props accepted by the <a> element. If an as prop is specified, the accepted props will change accordingly.

NavList.LeadingVisual

NameTypeDefaultDescription
sx
SystemStyleObject
Style overrides to apply to the component. See also overriding styles.
ref
React.RefObject<HTMLElement>
A ref to the element rendered by this component.

NavList.TrailingVisual

NameTypeDefaultDescription
sx
SystemStyleObject
Style overrides to apply to the component. See also overriding styles.
ref
React.RefObject<HTMLElement>
A ref to the element rendered by this component.

NavList.SubNav

NameTypeDefaultDescription
sx
SystemStyleObject
Style overrides to apply to the component. See also overriding styles.
ref
React.RefObject<HTMLElement>
A ref to the element rendered by this component.

NavList.Group

NameTypeDefaultDescription
title
string
Title of the group.
sx
SystemStyleObject
Style overrides to apply to the component. See also overriding styles.
ref
React.RefObject<HTMLElement>
A ref to the element rendered by this component.

NavList.Divider

NameTypeDefaultDescription
sx
SystemStyleObject
Style overrides to apply to the component. See also overriding styles.
ref
React.RefObject<HTMLElement>
A ref to the element rendered by this component.

Status

Alpha

  • Component props are documented on primer.style/react.
  • Component does not have any unnecessary third-party dependencies.
  • Component can adapt to different themes.
  • Component can adapt to different screen sizes.
  • Component has 100% test coverage.

Beta

  • Component is used in a production application.
  • Common usage examples are documented on primer.style/react.
  • Common usage examples are documented in storybook stories.
  • Component has been reviewed by a systems designer and any resulting issues have been addressed.
  • Component has been manually reviewed by the accessibility team and any resulting issues have been addressed.

Stable

  • Component API has been stable with no breaking changes for at least one month.
  • Feedback on API usability has been sought from developers using the component and any resulting issues have been addressed.
  • Component has corresponding design guidelines documented in the interface guidelines.
  • Component has corresponding Figma component in the Primer Web library.
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