How to Add Icon in NavBar using React-Bootstrap ?

This article will show you how to add an icon in the navigation bar using React-Bootstrap. We will use React-Bootstrap because it makes it easy to use reusable components without implementing them.

Prerequisites

• ReactJS
• JSX
• React Bootstrap

Creating React App and Installing Module

Step 1: Create a React application using the following command

npx create-react-app foldername

Step 2: After creating your project folder i.e. foldername, move to it using the following command.

cd foldername

Step 3: Now install React-bootstrap and bootstrap

npm install react-bootstrap bootstrap

Step 4: Add Bootstrap CSS to index.js

import 'bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css';

Project Structure

Project Structure

The updated dependencies in package.json will look like this:

{
    "name": "iconinnavbar",
    "version": "0.1.0",
    "private": true,
    "dependencies": {
        "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^5.17.0",
        "@testing-library/react": "^13.4.0",
        "@testing-library/user-event": "^13.5.0",
        "bootstrap": "^5.3.2",
        "react": "^18.2.0",
        "react-bootstrap": "^2.9.0",
        "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
        "react-scripts": "5.0.1",
        "web-vitals": "^2.1.4"
    }
}

Example: Now write down the following code in App.js file. Here App is our default component where we have written our code.

Javascript

// App.js File

import Container from "react-bootstrap/Container";
import Nav from "react-bootstrap/Nav";
import Navbar from "react-bootstrap/Navbar";
import gfglogo from "./GeeksforGeeks.svg";
import "bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css";

function App() {
    return (
        <div>
            <Navbar collapseOnSelect expand="lg"
                className="bg-info">
                <Container>
                    <Navbar.Brand href="#home">
                        <img
                            src={gfglogo}
                            width="50"
                            height="50"
                            className="d-inline-block align-top"
                            alt="React Bootstrap logo"
                        />
                    </Navbar.Brand>
                    <Navbar.Toggle
                        aria-controls="responsive-navbar-nav" />
                    <Navbar.Collapse id="responsive-navbar-nav">
                        <Nav className="me-auto">
                            <Nav.Link href="#DataStructures">
                                Data Structures
                            </Nav.Link>
                            <Nav.Link
                                href="#CompetitiveProgramming">
                                Competitive Programming
                            </Nav.Link>
                        </Nav>
                        <Nav>
                            <Nav.Link href="#contactus">
                                Contact Us
                            </Nav.Link>
                            <Nav.Link eventKey={2}
                                href="#community">
                                Community
                            </Nav.Link>
                        </Nav>
                    </Navbar.Collapse>
                </Container>
            </Navbar>
        </div>
    );
}

export default App;

Steps To Run Application

Step: Run the application using following command from root directory of Application

npm start

Output: Now open the browser and type the ‘http://localhost:3000/’

Navbar with Icon