Navbar

The navbar component facilitates control over an app by changing its ctx.query, enabling:

1. Changing the behavior of the app by manipulating the query arguments and hash of the URL.
2. Opening an external URL in a new tab.
3. Opening another Windmill app, which allows for creating embedded apps where the user navigates between several of your Windmill apps.

The following section details Navbar's specific settings. For more details on the App editor, check the dedicated documentation or the App editor Quickstart:

App editor Documentation

The app editor is a low-code builder to create custom User Interfaces with a mix of drag-and-drop and code.

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Items

The buttons displayed in your navbar components are configured as items. It is possible to add as many items as desired. Most configurations of each item can be manipulated dynamically.

The configuration for each item is:

Name	Type	Connectable	Templatable	Default	Description
Label	string	true	false	"No label"	The label of the item, displayed on the button.
Link	select	false	false	Navigate to an app	"Navigate to an app" or "Navigate to an external URL".
Path	string	false	false	Path of the current app	If "Navigate to an app", path to the said app.
Query Params or Hash	string	true	false	Empty	Query parameters or hash to append to the URL. For example, ?key=value or #hash.
Disabled	boolean	true	false	false	Whether the item should be disabled.
Hidden	boolean	true	false	false	Whether the item should be hidden.
Icon	string	false	false	Empty	The optional icon to display on the left of the item.
Caption	string	false	false	Empty	The optional tooltip to display when item is hovered.

If you select "Navigate to an app", there are two cases:

1. You selected the current app itself: Clicking on the link will highlight the item, and set the app in the output. Note that adding query params or an hash lets you distinguish between different items. Also note that query params and hash can be retrieved from the contexts: ctx.query and ctx.hash.
2. You selected another app: Clicking on the link navigates to the selected app without reloading the page. In the editor, it will open in a new tab.

If you select "Navigate to an external URL", clicking on the link will navigate to the selected link in a new tab.

Navbar configuration

Beyond its items, the navbar component itself can have its own configurations.

Name	Type	Connectable	Templatable	Default	Description
Title	string	true	false	Title	The title to display on the top left of the navbar.
Border Color	string	true	false	#555	The color of the underline of the selected item.
Logo	select	false	false	No logo	"No logo" or "Use logo" on the top left of the component.
Source	string	true	false	/logo.svg	The logo to display.
Source Kind	select	true	false	url	"url" / "png encoded as base64" / "jpeg encoded as base64" / "svg encoded as base64"
Alt Text	string	true	false	/logo.svg	This text will appear if the image can't be loaded for any reason.
Orientation	select	true	false	Horizontal	Orientation of list of items ("Horizontal" or "Vertical").

Outputs

Name	Type	Description
currentPath	string	The path of the selected item.

Embedded apps

The navbar component is a powerful tool for creating apps nested within each other. Thanks to the ability to link another app to an item, the user can jump from one application in your workspace to another (provided they have access to the app in question). If the navbar component looks visually identical from one app to another, it is possible to make the experience seamless.

For an application with multiple frames, and in a less complex way, you can refer to tabs or the stepper component.