Navigation

The navigation component is used to display the primary navigation in the sidebar of the frame of an application. Navigation includes a list of links that merchants use to move between sections of the application.

Examples

Use to present a navigation menu in the frame.

Result

Properties

React

HTML

Props

children

React.ReactNode

contextControl

React.ReactNode

locationRequired

string

onDismiss

() => void

Required components

The navigation component must be passed to the frame component. The mobile version of the navigation component appears in the top bar component.

Best practices

The navigation component should:

Contain primary navigation items that perform an action when clicked. Each action should navigate to a URL or trigger another action like a modal overlay.
Only use secondary actions for supplementary actions to the primary actions.
Provide a non-primary link or action as a secondary action to a section or an item.
Group navigation items into sections based on related categories.
Use a section title to clarify the category of a section.
Use a major icon for item actions.
Use a minor icon for secondary actions.
Use the provided navigation section component to group navigation items.

Content guidelines

Navigation should:

Use sentence case for primary and secondary navigation items
- Online store
- Online Store
Use as few words as possible to describe each item label
- Products
- Products in your store
Use all caps for section labels
- SALES CHANNELS
- Sales channels

A navigation section groups together related navigation items. Navigation sections can be clarified by a heading. Merchants can use a section to easily find navigation items within a specific category.

Section properties

Prop	Type	Description
items	Item[]	A collection of navigation items to be rendered inside the section
icon	IconProps['source']	An icon to be displayed next to the section title
title	string	A string property providing a title for the navigation section
fill	boolean	A boolean property indicating whether the section should take up all vertical space available
rollup	Rollup[]	An object determining the collapsing behavior of the navigation section
action	Action[]	Renders an icon-only action as a supplementary action next to the section title
separator	boolean	A boolean property indicating whether the section should have a visual separator

Navigation section item

The content of the navigation component consists of navigation items. Each item is a link or action a merchant can take.

Item properties

Prop	Type	Description
url	string	A location for the navigation item to navigate to when clicked
matches	boolean	A boolean property indicating whether the navigation item should respond to a closely matching location property
exactMatch	boolean	A boolean property indicating whether the navigation item should respond to an exactly matching location property
matchPaths	string[]	A string property providing a collection of additional paths for the navigation item to respond to
excludePaths	string[]	A string property providing an explicit collection of paths the navigation item should not respond to
icon	IconProps['source']	An icon to be displayed next to the navigation item
badge	string \| null	A string property allowing content to be displayed in a badge next to the navigation item
label	string	A string property allowing content to be displayed as link text in the navigation item
disabled	boolean	A boolean property indicating whether the navigation item is disabled
new	boolean	Indicate whether the navigation item is new by adding an indicator dot to the parent and badge to the item (overwritten by the badge prop)
accessibilityLabel	string	A visually hidden label for screen readers to understand the content of a navigation item
selected	boolean	A boolean property indicating whether the navigation item is the currently-selected item
subNavigationItems	SubNavigationItem[]	A collection of navigation items rendered as nested secondary navigation items
secondaryAction	SecondaryAction	Renders an icon-only action as a supplementary action next to a navigation item
onClick()	function	A callback function to handle clicking on a navigation item

Navigation section rollup

Rollup allows items in a navigation section to roll up and be revealed when they are of use to the merchant.

Rollup properties

Prop	Type	Description
after	number	A number of items after which the navigation section should be collapsed
view	string	A string property providing content for the section view action
hide	string	A string property providing content for the section hide action
activePath	string	A string property representing the current URL of your application

Navigation section action

Action allows a complementary icon-only action to render next to the section title.

Action properties

Prop	Type	Description
icon	IconProps['source']	An icon to be displayed as the content of the action
accessibilityLabel	string	A visually hidden label for screen readers to understand the content of the action
onClick()	function	A callback function to handle clicking on the action

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