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Bottom Navbars

Overview

Bottom navigation bar allows movement between primary destinations in an app. It is fixed to the bottom of screens for convenient access. Each destination should be represented by an icon, ideally with a label.

Modus Bottom Navbars Documentation

Usage

<modus:TMTabbedPage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             xmlns:modus="clr-namespace:Trimble.Modus.Components;assembly=Trimble.Modus.Components"
             xmlns:local="clr-namespace:DemoApp"
             TabColor="Primary"
             Orientation="Vertical"
             xmlns:tabs="clr-namespace:DemoApp.Views.TabViewItems"
             xmlns:constants="clr-namespace:DemoApp.Constant"
             x:Class="DemoApp.Views.TabbedPageDemo">
  <modus:TabViewItem Text="Home"
                     Icon="{Static constants:ImageConstants.DarkGalleryIcon }">
    <tabs:TabViewOne />
  </modus:TabViewItem>
  <modus:TabViewItem Text="Mail"
                     Icon="{Static constants:ImageConstants.Email }">
    <tabs:TabViewTwo />
  </modus:TabViewItem>
  <modus:TabViewItem Text="Photos"
                     Icon="{Static constants:ImageConstants.DarkGalleryIcon }">
    <tabs:TabViewThree />

  </modus:TabViewItem>
  <modus:TabViewItem Text="Phone"
                     Icon="{Static constants:ImageConstants.DarkGalleryIcon }">
    <tabs:TabViewFour />

  </modus:TabViewItem>
</modus:TMTabbedPage>

The above code will produce the following code

Bottom Nav bar

Tab Orientation

By default, the icon and the text of the nav bar are aligned vertically. You can change the orientation to horizontally

Tabbar Orientation

Tab Color

The bottom nav bar supports two different theme too

Tabbar Color

Properties

Property type Description
Orientation StackOrientation Defines how the text and the icon are arranged in the tab item. Default is Vertical
TabItemsSource IList List of tab items to be displayed
SelectedIndex int Defines which tab item is selected or need to be selected
TabColor TabColor Changes the background and text color of the bar item. Default is dark blue (Primary)

Note

Currently the modus bottom nav bar accept only ContentView as its child

Last updated October 28, 2024.