WinJS.UI.NavBar object

[NavBar is no longer available for use as of Windows Library for JavaScript (WinJS) 4.2. Instead, use SplitViewCommand. ]

An app bar dedicated to navigation commands, typically located at the top of the display.

Explore this functionality in more depth as part of our App features, start to finish series: Flat navigation, start to finish (HTML) and Hierarchical navigation, start to finish (HTML)

Syntax

<div 
    data-win-control="WinJS.UI.NavBar">
</div>
var object = new WinJS.UI.NavBar(element, options);

Members

The NavBar object has these types of members:

  • Constructors
  • Events
  • Methods
  • Properties

Constructors

The NavBar object has these constructors.

Constructor Description
NavBar

Creates a new NavBar.

 

Events

The NavBar object has these events.

Event Description
onafterclose

Occurs immediately after the NavBar is closed.

onafteropen

Occurs immediately after the NavBar is displayed.

onbeforeclose

Occurs before the NavBar is closed.

onbeforeopen

Occurs immediately before the NavBar is opened.

onchildrenprocessed

Occurs after the NavBar has finished processing its child elements.

 

Methods

The NavBar object has these methods.

Method Description
addEventListener

Registers an event handler for the specified event.

close

Closes the NavBar. Replaces the hide method.

dispatchEvent

Raises an event of the specified type and with specified additional properties.

dispose

Releases resources held by this NavBar. Call this method when the NavBar is no longer needed. After calling this method, the NavBar becomes unusable.

getCommandById

Returns the NavBarCommand object identified by id.

hideCommands

Hides the specified commands of the NavBar.

open

Opens the NavBar if it is not disabled. Replaces the show method.

removeEventListener

Removes an event handler registered through the addEventListener method.

showCommands

Shows the specified commands in the NavBar.

showOnlyCommands

Shows the specified commands in the NavBar while hiding all other commands.

 

Properties

The NavBar object has these properties.

Property Access type Description

ClosedDisplayMode

Read/write

ClosedDisplayMode gets or sets how the app bar is displayed when opened is true.

disabled

Read/write

Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the NavBar is disabled.

element

Read-only

Gets the HTML element that hosts this NavBar.

opened

Read-only

Gets a value that indicates whether the NavBar is not closed. (Replaces hidden property.)

placement

Read/write

Gets or sets a value that specifies whether the NavBar appears at the top or bottom of the main view.

 

Remarks

Known Issues

NavBars should be direct children of document.body. Otherwise, it is possible to mask event detection on the NavBar due to stacking context effects. This is because event detection for other elements is blocked while the NavBar is open. So, if the NavBar is a child of one of those blocked elements, it too will be blocked. This behavior is typical for all overlaying controls.

CSS classes

To customize the NavBar, you can define your own styles for these Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) classes (defined by the Windows Library for JavaScript style sheets):

CSS class Description

win-navbar

Styles the entire NavBar.

 

Requirements

Minimum WinJS version

WinJS 2.0

Namespace

WinJS.UI

See also

WinJS.UI Namespace

NavBarCommand

NavBarContainer

BackButton

AppBar

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Designers

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