How to Create a Navigation Bar with Icons in Tailwind CSS ?

Last Updated : 14 Mar, 2024

A navigation bar, commonly known as a nav bar, serves as a fundamental component of user interface design, facilitating seamless navigation across a website or application. Using the icons in the navigation bar gains a distinctive advantage in visual communication. Icons streamline navigation by using universally recognized symbols instead of lengthy textual labels.

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Approach:

Utilize Bootstrap’s navbar component to create a responsive navigation bar.
Use the ‘navbar-brand’ class for the logo and ‘navbar-toggler’ for the collapsible button on smaller screens.
Incorporate icons from Font Awesome using <i> tags within the <a> elements for each navigation item.
Ensure proper alignment and spacing with Bootstrap’s utility classes and grid system.

Example: Implementation to create a navigation bar with Icons in Tailwind CSS.

HTML

<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" 
          content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>
          Fixed Collapsing Navbar in Bootstrap 5
      </title>
</head>

<body>
    <nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light fs-5">
        <div class="container">
            <a class="navbar-brand" 
               href="https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/">
                <img src=
"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/gfg-gg-logo.svg" 
                     class="rounded float-start">
            </a>
            <!-- Toggler button for small screens -->
            <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" 
                    data-bs-toggle="collapse"
                    data-bs-target="#navbarSupportedContent" 
                    aria-controls="navbarSupportedContent" 
                    aria-expanded="false"
                    aria-label="Toggle navigation">
                <span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
            </button>

            <!-- Collapsible content -->
            <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" 
                 id="navbarSupportedContent">
                <ul class="navbar-nav me-auto mb-2 mb-lg-0">
                    <li class="nav-item">
                        <a class="nav-link active text-success" 
                           aria-current="page" href="#">
                            <i class="fas fa-home"></i> Home
                        </a>
                    </li>
                    <li class="nav-item">
                        <a class="nav-link" aria-current="page" href="#">
                            <i class="fas fa-user"></i> About
                        </a>
                    </li>
                    <li class="nav-item">
                        <a class="nav-link" aria-current="page" href="#">
                            <i class="fas fa-briefcase"></i> Services
                        </a>
                    </li>
                    <li class="nav-item">
                        <a class="nav-link" aria-current="page" href="#">
                            <i class="fas fa-envelope"></i> Contact
                        </a>
                    </li>

                </ul>
                <form class="d-flex">
                    <input class="form-control me-2" type="search" 
                           placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search">
                    <button class="btn btn-outline-success" type="submit">
                        Search
                    </button>
                </form>
            </div>
        </div>
    </nav>
    <link href=
"https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.3.0-alpha1/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" 
          rel="stylesheet">
    <script src=
"https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.3.0-alpha1/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js">
    </script>
    <link href=
"https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.15.4/css/all.min.css" 
          rel="stylesheet">
</body>

</html>