Navbar
navbar-start/center/end supply layout, not routing or a mobile menu. Provide current-page state and accessible collapse controls, and check long branding against essential actions.
Installation and initialization
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
This is a native CSS plugin, not a React component import. Build Tailwind 4 with the daisyUI plugin and load the generated stylesheet before copying an example. See the included setup guide; do not override an existing project's React or Tailwind versions blindly.
@import "tailwindcss";
@plugin "daisyui" { themes: light --default, dark --prefersdark; }
Source and executable behavior
Source files preserve the original code fences, including original comments and demo strings. The $$ class prefix placeholder must be resolved for your plugin configuration: without a prefix, $$btn becomes btn. Copy every listed source file for the chosen example, combine HTML/CSS/JS appropriately and implement native events. The preview's reviewed event adapters are not a backend or an automatically installed application runtime.
Complete first example
<div class="$$navbar bg-base-100 shadow-sm">
<a class="$$btn $$btn-ghost text-xl">daisyUI</a>
</div>
All runnable examples
Navbar with title only
navbar-1
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
examples/navbar/block-0.html
Navbar with title and icon
navbar-2
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
examples/navbar/block-1.html
Navbar with icon at start and end
navbar-3
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
examples/navbar/block-2.html
Navbar with menu and submenu
navbar-4
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
examples/navbar/block-3.html
Navbar with search input and dropdown
navbar-5
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
examples/navbar/block-4.html
Navbar with icon, indicator and dropdown
navbar-6
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
examples/navbar/block-5.html
Navbar with dropdown, center logo and icon
navbar-7
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
examples/navbar/block-6.html
Responsive (dropdown menu on small screen, center menu on large screen)
navbar-8
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
examples/navbar/block-7.html
Responsive (collapse on small screen, full content on large screen)
navbar-9
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
examples/navbar/block-8.html
Navbar with colors
navbar-10
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
examples/navbar/block-9.html
Theme, accessibility and verification
Use native data-theme boundaries. Verify keyboard operation, labels, visible focus, disabled/invalid states where applicable, light/dark, mobile and reduced motion. Check your target browser's dialog, popover and CSS feature support. CSS classes do not supply unimplemented JavaScript or business services. Clean up timers and third-party instances; copying a command is not installation success.
Source and license
https://github.com/saadeghi/daisyui/tree/c51f50130ffefb293179e6fce8de7ad3f307e45f
JGuang authors these bilingual practical notes; this is not a claim of translating the complete upstream documentation. Original Markdown, code and CSS remain available in the source viewer. Preserve MIT and separate dependency notices. All native-package notices are included conservatively, including build tools; no build binary or remote demo image is redistributed. Replace remote media with assets you are authorized to use. Commercial templates are outside this integration.