React-Bootstrap NavBar Component

React-Bootstrap is a front-end framework that was designed keeping react in mind. NavBar Component is a navigation header that is responsive and powerful. It supports navigation, branding, and many more other related features. We can use the following approach in ReactJS to use the react-bootstrap NavBar Component.

NavBar Props:

• as: It can be used as a custom element type for this component.
• bg: It is used to add bg-* utility classes.
• collapseOnSelect: It is used to collapse the Navbar on click onSelect function is triggered of a descendant of a child <nav> element.
• expand: It is used to denote the breakpoint below which our Navbar will collapse.
• expanded: The visibility of the navbar body is controlled through it.
• fixed: It is used to create a fixed navbar that stays along the bottom of the screen or top of the screen.
• onSelect: It is a callback that is triggered when a descendant of a child <nav> is selected.
• onToggle: A callback fired when the <Navbar> body collapses or expands
• role: It is used to define the ARIA role for the navbar.
• sticky: It is used to position our given navbar at the viewport’s top.
• variant: It indicates the visual variant of the navbar.
• bsPrefix: It is an escape hatch for working with strongly customized bootstrap CSS.

Navbar.Brand Props:

• as: It can be used as a custom element type for this component.
• href: It is used to pass the href attribute to this element.
• bsPrefix: It is an escape hatch for working with strongly customized bootstrap CSS.

Navbar.Toggle Props:

• as: It can be used as a custom element type for this component.
• children: It is used to define the toggle content.
• label: For the toggler button, it is used as an accessible ARIA label.
• onClick: It is the callback function that is triggered on click event.
• bsPrefix: It is an escape hatch for working with strongly customized bootstrap CSS.

Navbar.Collapse Props:

• bsPrefix: It is an escape hatch for working with strongly customized bootstrap CSS.

Creating React Application 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: After creating the ReactJS application, Install the required module using the following command:

  npm install react-bootstrap 
  npm install bootstrap

Project Structure: It will look like the following.

Project Structure

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

App.js

import React from 'react';
import 'bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css';
import Navbar from 'react-bootstrap/Navbar';

export default function App() {
  return (
    <div style={{ display: 'block', width: 700, padding: 30 }}>
      <h4>React-Bootstrap NavBar Component</h4>
      <Navbar bg="dark" variant="dark">
        <Navbar.Brand href="#home">
          <img
src="https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20210425000233/test-300x297.png"
            alt="Sample Brand Logo"
            width="35"
            className="align-top d-inline-block"
            height="35"
          />Test Company
        </Navbar.Brand>
      </Navbar>
    </div>
  );
}

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

npm start

Output: Now open your browser and go to http://localhost:3000/, you will see the following output: