Materialize provides various CSS classes to create a nice navigation bar in an easy way. The following table mentions the available classes and their effects.
Sr.No. | Class Name & Description |
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1 | nav-wrapper Sets the nav component as nav bar/breadcrumb wrapper. |
2 | brand-logo Sets the anchor element as the main logo. |
3 | nav-mobile Sets the ul element as a navigation bar. |
The following example demonstrates the use of navbar classes to showcase various navigation bar.
<html> <head> <title>The Materialize NavBar Example</title> <meta name = "viewport" content = "width = device-width, initial-scale = 1"> <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons"> <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/materialize/0.97.3/css/materialize.min.css"> <script type = "text/javascript" src = "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.1.min.js"></script> <script src = "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/materialize/0.97.3/js/materialize.min.js"> </script> <script> $( document ).ready(function()) { $(".dropdown-button").dropdown(); }); </script> </head> <body class = "container"> <div class = "row" style = "width:560px;"> <div class = "col s12 m12 l12" > <h5>Right Aligned Nav Bar</h5> <nav> <div class = "nav-wrapper"> <a href = "#" class = "brand-logo">Howcodex</a> <ul id = "nav-mobile" class = "right hide-on-med-and-down"> <li><a href = "#">HTML5</a></li> <li><a href = "#">CSS</a></li> <li><a href = "#">JavaScript</a></li> </ul> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class = "row" style = "width:560px;"> <div class = "col s12 m12 l12"> <h5>Left Aligned Nav Bar</h5> <nav> <div class = "nav-wrapper"> <a href = "#" class = "brand-logo right">Howcodex</a> <ul id = "nav-mobile" class = "left hide-on-med-and-down"> <li><a href = "#">HTML5</a></li> <li><a href = "#">CSS</a></li> <li><a href = "#">JavaScript</a></li> </ul> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class = "row" style = "width:560px;"> <div class = "col s12 m12 l12"> <h5>Center Aligned Nav Bar</h5> <nav> <div class = "nav-wrapper"> <a href = "#" class = "brand-logo center">Howcodex</a> <ul id = "nav-mobile" class = "right hide-on-med-and-down"> <li><a href = "#">Java</a></li> </ul> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class = "row" style = "width:560px;"> <div class = "col s12 m12 l12"> <h5>Nav Bar with Active link</h5> <nav> <div class = "nav-wrapper"> <a href = "#" class = "brand-logo right">Howcodex</a> <ul id = "nav-mobile" class = "left hide-on-med-and-down"> <li><a href = "#">HTML5</a></li> <li><a href = "#">CSS</a></li> <li class = "active"><a href = "#">JavaScript</a></li> </ul> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class = "row" style = "width:560px;"> <div class = "col s12 m12 l12"> <h5>Nav Bar with dropdown menu</h5> <ul id = "javaDropDown" class = "dropdown-content"> <li><a href = "#!">JSF</a></li> <li><a href = "#!">JSP</a></li> <li class = "divider"></li> <li><a href = "#!">Servlets</a></li> </ul> <nav> <div class = "nav-wrapper"> <a href = "#" class = "brand-logo center">Howcodex</a> <ul id = "nav-mobile" class = "right hide-on-med-and-down"> <!-- Dropdown Trigger --> <li><a class = "dropdown-button" href = "#!" data-activates = "javaDropDown">Java<i class = "material-icons right">arrow_drop_down</i></a></li> </ul> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class = "row" style = "width:560px;"> <div class = "col s12 m12 l12"> <h5>Nav Bar with Links and Icons</h5> <nav> <div class = "nav-wrapper"> <a href = "#" class = "brand-logo right">Howcodex</a> <ul id = "nav-mobile" class = "left hide-on-med-and-down"> <li><a href = "#"><i class = "material-icons left">search</i> HTML5</a></li> <li><a href = "#"><i class = "material-icons right">view_module</i> CSS</a></li> <li><a href = "#">JavaScript</a></li> </ul> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </body> </html>
Verify the result.