Bottom navigation

Bottom navigation bars allow movement between primary destinations in an app.

Bottom navigation bars display three to five destinations at the bottom of a screen. Each destination is represented by an icon and an optional text label. When a bottom navigation icon is tapped, the user is taken to the top-level navigation destination associated with that icon.

When there are only three actions, display both icons and text labels at all times.

<BottomNavigation
  showLabels
  value={value}
  onChange={(event, newValue) => {
    setValue(newValue);
  }}
>
  <BottomNavigationAction label="Recents" icon={<RestoreIcon />} />
  <BottomNavigationAction label="Favorites" icon={<FavoriteIcon />} />
  <BottomNavigationAction label="Nearby" icon={<LocationOnIcon />} />
</BottomNavigation>
<BottomNavigation
  showLabels
  value={value}
  onChange={(event, newValue) => {
    setValue(newValue);
  }}
>
  <BottomNavigationAction label="Recents" icon={<RestoreIcon />} />
  <BottomNavigationAction label="Favorites" icon={<FavoriteIcon />} />
  <BottomNavigationAction label="Nearby" icon={<LocationOnIcon />} />
</BottomNavigation>

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If there are four or five actions, display inactive views as icons only.

Fixed positioning

This demo keeps bottom navigation fixed to the bottom, no matter the amount of content on-screen.

Third-party routing library

One frequent use case is to perform navigation on the client only, without an HTTP round-trip to the server. The BottomNavigationAction component provides the component prop to handle this use case. Here is a more detailed guide.

Bottom navigation