windowsforms-1637-controls-and-libraries-navigation-controls-navigation-bar-views.md
A Navigation Bar View determines the way the control and its child elements look and behave.
The default Navigation Bar View.
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Key features:
Emulates the old-styled side bar similar to the one that was in Microsoft Outlook prior to version 2003.
Key features:
An advanced View inspired by Microsoft Outlook’s navigation pane.
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On touch devices, the Navigation Pane View does not support group content scrolling using swipe gestures. Group content can be scrolled by tapping the scroll buttons or dragging this content.
In Navigation Pane View, the Navigation Bar consists of four zones.
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Header Area
Active Group Area
Inactive Group Area
Overflow Panel
Splitter
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End-users can click the expand/collapse button in the NavBar header area to minimize the control. To do the same in code, modify the OptionsNavPane.NavPaneState property.
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Header Area
Active Group Area
Inactive Group Area
Overflow Panel
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The ellipsis button in the overflow panel area allows end-users to change the number of items shown in the inactive group area, activate hidden groups and (if the OptionsNavPane.AllowOptionsMenuItem property is enabled) customize the group order and font settings.
The Office Navigation Bar control can replace the inactive group and overflow panel areas of a Navigation Pane. See this link to learn more.
To change a Navigation Bar View, modify the NavBarControl.PaintStyleKind property. At design time, this property is accessible through the control’s smart tag.
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