How to make a responsive nav-bar using Angular material 2?

Question

I'm trying to create a navigation bar using Angular material 2 that collapses in small screens like mobile devices and tablets.

I was only able to find md-button but not md-menu-bar as was in Angular material.

Answer 1

Here is what I used to build my responsive nav-bar using Angular2+ Material 2 and flex-layout in angular-cli app.

(Please visit Install Angular Material and Angular CDK)

1) Install flex-layout

npm install @angular/flex-layout -save 

2) Include flex-layout in your app.module.ts

import {FlexLayoutModule} from "@angular/flex-layout"; 

3) Import

imports: [  BrowserModule,  FormsModule,  HttpModule,  RoutingModule,  FlexLayoutModule, MyOwnCustomMaterialModule // Please visit the link above "Install Angular Material and Angular CDK", and check (Step 3: Import the component modules). ], 

app.component.html

<mat-toolbar color="primary">        <button mat-button routerLink="/">      <mat-icon>home</mat-icon>           {{title}}</button>        <!-- This fills the remaining space of the current row -->      <span class="fill-remaining-space"></span>      <div fxLayout="row" fxShow="false" fxShow.gt-sm>          <button mat-button routerLink="/products">Products</button>          <button mat-button routerLink="/dashboard">Dashboard</button>      </div>      <button mat-button [mat-menu-trigger-for]="menu" fxHide="false" fxHide.gt-sm>       <mat-icon>menu</mat-icon>      </button>    </mat-toolbar>  <mat-menu x-position="before" #menu="matMenu">      <button mat-menu-item routerLink="/products">Products</button>      <button mat-menu-item routerLink="/dashboard">Dashboard</button>      <!--<button mat-menu-item>Help</button>-->  </mat-menu>

app.component.css

.fill-remaining-space {     /*This fills the remaining space, by using flexbox.      Every toolbar row uses a flexbox row layout. */    flex: 1 1 auto;  }

Note: to test, resize your page.

take a look at flex-layout docs

Answer 2

Here is my favorite way of creating a responsive Navigation Bar in Angular. If you use Angular 6, make sure you use a version 6.1+
Working example on Stackblitz: https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-v6xwte

Example on a smaller screen:

Example on a larger screen:

Here are precise steps how to do it:

1) Install necessary packages. Type in your terminal:

npm install --save @angular/material @angular/cdk @angular/animations  npm install @angular/flex-layout --save 

2) Import necessary modules in your app.module.ts

import { BrowserAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations'; import { FlexLayoutModule } from '@angular/flex-layout'; import {   MatIconModule, MatButtonModule, MatSidenavModule, MatToolbarModule } from '@angular/material'; 

Remember to add these modules to the imports array below.

3) Add Material Icons link to your index.html
The link must go before any Angular content.

<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons" rel="stylesheet"> 

4) In your styles.css add an Angular theme and set margins to 0%

@import "~@angular/material/prebuilt-themes/indigo-pink.css"; body{     margin: 0%; } 

5) Add toolbar HTML code in your app.component.html

<div style="height: 100vh;">  <mat-toolbar color="primary">     <div fxShow="true" fxHide.gt-sm="true">       <button mat-icon-button (click)="sidenav.toggle()">         <mat-icon>menu</mat-icon>       </button>     </div>     <a mat-button class="companyName" routerLink="/">       <span>Site name</span>     </a>     <span class="example-spacer"></span>     <div fxShow="true" fxHide.lt-md="true">       <a mat-button routerLink="/about-us">About us</a>       <a mat-button routerLink="/prices">Prices</a>       <a mat-button routerLink="/start-page">Start page</a>       <a mat-button routerLink="/offer">Offer</a>       <a mat-button routerLink="/contact">Contact</a>     </div>   </mat-toolbar>   <mat-sidenav-container fxFlexFill class="example-container">     <mat-sidenav color="primary" #sidenav fxLayout="column" mode="over" opened="false" fxHide.gt-sm="true">       <div fxLayout="column">         <a mat-button routerLink="/about-us">About us</a>         <a mat-button routerLink="/prices">Prices</a>         <a mat-button routerLink="/start-page">Start page</a>         <a mat-button routerLink="/offer">Offer</a>         <a mat-button routerLink="/contact">Contact</a>       </div>     </mat-sidenav>     <mat-sidenav-content fxFlexFill>       Awesome content     </mat-sidenav-content>   </mat-sidenav-container> </div> 

6) Style the toolbar in your app.component.css

.companyName{     font-size: 150%; } div {     overflow: inherit; } a{     text-decoration: none;     font-size: 110%;     white-space: normal; } button{     font-size: 110%;     min-width: min-content; } .example-icon {     padding: 0 14px;   }    .example-spacer {     flex: 1 1 auto;   }   .mat-sidenav-content{       font-size: 200%;       text-align: center;   }