NavItem

This is a default control for navigation-related components, can contain any other controls as nested items.

NavItem

Adding NavItem

A navItem can be easily added to a ribbon with the help of the add() method of Tree Collection:

ribbon.data.add({
    type:"navItem", value:"My NavItem"
});

type - (string) the type of a control, set it to "navItem"
id - (string) the id of a control, auto-generated if not set
css - (string) adds style classes to a navItem
html - (string) optional, a string with HTML that should be inserted into the navItem
value - (string) a value of the navItem. You need to set either the html or value property to the navItem
tooltip - (string) a tooltip for the navItem
count - (number) a badge with a number
countColor - (string) the color of a badge with number: "danger" | "secondary" | "primary" | "success"
items - (array) an array of nested controls. You can find the full list of all available controls here. If the type of a nested control is not specified, the menuItem type will be applied by default.
icon - (string) an icon of the navItem
size - (string) defines the size of a navItem: "small"|"medium"|"auto"

A navItem can have an icon which is set through the corresponding option icon:

{
    type:"navItem", value:"Some",
    icon:"dxi dxi-check"
}

You can add a number badge to the navItem to display information like the number of new messages. The badge is set via the count property:

{
    type:"navItem", value:"Some",
    icon:"dxi dxi-check",
    count:10
}

You can add a custom HTML content to a navItem with the help of the html property:

{
    type: "navItem",
    html: "<div id='preloader'><div id='loader'></div></div >",
}

To hide/show a navItem, you should pass the ID of the navItem to the hide() / show() Ribbon methods:

ribbon.show(id);
ribbon.hide(id);

Any navItem in the ribbon can be enabled/disabled:

ribbon.enable(id);
ribbon.disable(id);

You can add a tooltip to a navItem:

{
    type:"navItem", 
    value:"Click", 
    tooltip:"Click me and find out why"  }