Getting Started with Blazor AppBar Component

27 Jan 20255 minutes to read

This section briefly explains about how to include Blazor AppBar component in your Blazor Server App and Blazor WebAssembly App using Visual Studio.

To get started quickly with Blazor AppBar, check on the following video:

Prerequisites

Create a new Blazor App in Visual Studio

You can create a Blazor Server App or Blazor WebAssembly App using Visual Studio via Microsoft Templates or the Syncfusion® Blazor Extension.

Install Syncfusion® Blazor Navigations and Themes NuGet in the App

To add Blazor AppBar component in the app, open the NuGet package manager in Visual Studio (Tools → NuGet Package Manager → Manage NuGet Packages for Solution), search and install Syncfusion.Blazor.Navigations and Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes. Alternatively, you can utilize the following package manager command to achieve the same.

Install-Package Syncfusion.Blazor.Navigations -Version 28.2.3
Install-Package Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes -Version 28.2.3

NOTE

Syncfusion® Blazor components are available in nuget.org. Refer to NuGet packages topic for available NuGet packages list with component details.

Create a new Blazor App in Visual Studio Code

You can create a Blazor Server App or Blazor WebAssembly App using Visual Studio Code via Microsoft Templates or the Syncfusion® Blazor Extension.

Alternatively, you can create a Server or WebAssembly application using the following command in the terminal(Ctrl+`).

dotnet new blazorserver -o BlazorApp
cd BlazorApp
dotnet new blazorwasm -o BlazorApp
cd BlazorApp

Install Syncfusion® Blazor Navigations and Themes NuGet in the App

  • Press Ctrl+` to open the integrated terminal in Visual Studio Code.
  • Ensure you’re in the project root directory where your .csproj file is located.
  • Run the following command to install a Syncfusion.Blazor.Navigations and Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes NuGet package and ensure all dependencies are installed.
dotnet add package Syncfusion.Blazor.Navigations -v 28.2.3
dotnet add package Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes -v 28.2.3
dotnet restore

NOTE

Syncfusion® Blazor components are available in nuget.org. Refer to NuGet packages topic for available NuGet packages list with component details.

Register Syncfusion® Blazor Service

Open ~/_Imports.razor file and import the Syncfusion.Blazor namespace.

@using Syncfusion.Blazor
@using Syncfusion.Blazor.Navigations

Now, register the Syncfusion® Blazor Service in the ~/Program.cs file of your Blazor Server App or Blazor WebAssembly App.

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web;
using Syncfusion.Blazor;

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

// Add services to the container.
builder.Services.AddRazorPages();
builder.Services.AddServerSideBlazor();
builder.Services.AddSyncfusionBlazor();

var app = builder.Build();
....
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Hosting;
using Syncfusion.Blazor;

var builder = WebAssemblyHostBuilder.CreateDefault(args);
builder.RootComponents.Add<App>("#app");
builder.RootComponents.Add<HeadOutlet>("head::after");

builder.Services.AddScoped(serviceProvider => new HttpClient { BaseAddress = new Uri(builder.HostEnvironment.BaseAddress) });

builder.Services.AddSyncfusionBlazor();
await builder.Build().RunAsync();
....

Add stylesheet and script resources

The theme stylesheet and script can be accessed from NuGet through Static Web Assets. Reference the stylesheet and script in the <head> of the main page as follows:

  • For .NET 6 Blazor Server app, include it in ~/Pages/_Layout.cshtml file.

  • For .NET 7 Blazor Server app, include it in the ~/Pages/_Host.cshtml file.

  • For Blazor WebAssembly app, include it in the ~/index.html file.

<head>
    ....
    <link href="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes/bootstrap5.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Core/scripts/syncfusion-blazor.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

NOTE

Check out the Blazor Themes topic to discover various methods (Static Web Assets, CDN, and CRG) for referencing themes in your Blazor application. Also, check out the Adding Script Reference topic to learn different approaches for adding script references in your Blazor application.

Add Blazor AppBar component

Add the Syncfusion® Blazor AppBar component in the ~/Pages/Index.razor file.

@using Syncfusion.Blazor.Navigations
@using Syncfusion.Blazor.Buttons

<div class="control-container">
    <SfAppBar ColorMode="AppBarColor.Primary">
        <SfButton CssClass="e-inherit" IconCss="e-icons e-menu"></SfButton>
        <span class="regular">Blazor AppBar</span>
        <AppBarSpacer></AppBarSpacer>
        <SfButton CssClass="e-inherit" Content="FREE TRIAL"></SfButton>
    </SfAppBar>
</div>

<style>
    .control-container .e-btn.e-inherit {
        margin: 0 3px;
    }
</style>
Blazor AppBar Component