Getting Started with Blazor Menu Bar in Blazor WASM App

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This section briefly explains about how to include Blazor Menu Bar component in a Blazor WebAssembly App using Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, and the .NET CLI.

Create a new Blazor WASM App

Create a Blazor WebAssembly App using Visual Studio via Microsoft Templates or the Blazor Extension. For detailed instructions, refer to the Blazor WebAssembly App Getting Started documentation.

Run the following command to create a new Blazor WebAssembly App.

dotnet new blazorwasm -o BlazorApp
cd BlazorApp

Alternatively, create a Blazor WebAssembly App using Visual Studio Code via Microsoft Templates, the Blazor Extension, or the C# Dev Kit extension.

Run the following command to create a new Blazor WebAssembly App.

dotnet new blazorwasm -o BlazorApp
cd BlazorApp

Install the required Blazor packages

Install Syncfusion.Blazor.Navigations and Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes NuGet packages. All Syncfusion Blazor packages are available on nuget.org. See the NuGet packages topic for details.

  1. Go to Tools → NuGet Package Manager → Manage NuGet Packages for Solution.
  2. Search the required NuGet packages (Syncfusion.Blazor.Navigations and Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes) and install them.

Alternatively, you can install the same packages using the Package Manager Console with the following commands.

Install-Package Syncfusion.Blazor.Navigations -Version 33.2.3
Install-Package Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes -Version 33.2.3

Open the terminal and run the following commands.

dotnet add package Syncfusion.Blazor.Navigations -v 33.2.3
dotnet add package Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes -v 33.2.3

Open the command prompt and run the following commands.

dotnet add package Syncfusion.Blazor.Navigations -v 33.2.3
dotnet add package Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes -v 33.2.3

Add import namespaces

After the packages are installed, open the ~/_Imports.razor file and import the Syncfusion.Blazor and Syncfusion.Blazor.Navigations namespaces.

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

Register the Blazor service

Open the Program.cs file in Blazor WebAssembly App and register the Blazor service.

....
using Syncfusion.Blazor;
....
builder.Services.AddSyncfusionBlazor();
....

Add stylesheet and script resources

The theme stylesheet and script can be accessed from NuGet through Static Web Assets. Include the stylesheet and script references in the ~wwwroot/index.html file.

...
<link href="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes/fluent2.css" rel="stylesheet" />
...
<script src="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Core/scripts/syncfusion-blazor.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

Add Blazor Menu Bar component

Open a Razor file located in the ~/Pages/*.razor (for example, Home.razor) and add the Blazor Menu Bar component inside the razor file.

@using Syncfusion.Blazor.Navigations

<SfMenu TValue="MenuItem">
    <MenuItems>
        <MenuItem Text="File">
            <MenuItems>
                <MenuItem Text="Open"></MenuItem>
                <MenuItem Text="Save"></MenuItem>
                <MenuItem Text="Exit"></MenuItem>
            </MenuItems>
        </MenuItem>
        <MenuItem Text="Edit">
            <MenuItems>
                <MenuItem Text="Cut"></MenuItem>
                <MenuItem Text="Copy"></MenuItem>
                <MenuItem Text="Paste"></MenuItem>
            </MenuItems>
        </MenuItem>
        <MenuItem Text="View">
            <MenuItems>
                <MenuItem Text="Toolbars"></MenuItem>
                <MenuItem Text="Zoomr"></MenuItem>
                <MenuItem Text="Full Screen"></MenuItem>
            </MenuItems>
        </MenuItem>
        <MenuItem Text="Tools">
            <MenuItems>
                <MenuItem Text="Spelling & Grammar"></MenuItem>
                <MenuItem Text="Customize"></MenuItem>
                <MenuItem Text="Options"></MenuItem>
            </MenuItems>
        </MenuItem>
        <MenuItem Text="Go"></MenuItem>
        <MenuItem Text="Help"></MenuItem>
    </MenuItems>
</SfMenu>

Run the application

Press Ctrl+F5 (Windows) or ⌘+F5 (macOS) to launch the application. The Blazor Menu Bar component will render in your default web browser.

Open the terminal and run the following command.

dotnet run

Open the command prompt and run the following command.

dotnet run
Blazor MenuBar Component

NOTE

TValue can be specified as either MenuItemModel or MenuItem. If the menu is generated using the Items property, then TValue is specified as MenuItemModel. However, if it is created using a tag directive, then TValue is specified as MenuItem.

NOTE

View sample in GitHub.

See also

  1. Getting Started with Blazor for Client-Side in .NET Core CLI
  2. Getting Started with Blazor for Server-Side in Visual Studio
  3. Getting Started with Blazor for Server-Side in .NET Core CLI