---
modificationDate: October 07, 2026
title: Toolbar
description: A SwiftUI Toolbar component that places items in the toolbar of the view it wraps.
sourceCodeUrl: 'https://github.com/expo/expo/tree/sdk-58/packages/expo-ui'
packageName: '@expo/ui'
platforms: ['ios', 'tvos', 'expo-go']
---

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# Toolbar

A SwiftUI Toolbar component that places items in the toolbar of the view it wraps.

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iOS, tvOS, Included in Expo Go

Expo UI Toolbar matches the official SwiftUI [`toolbar(content:)` API](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/view/toolbar\(content:\)) and adds a toolbar to the view it wraps.

Image: A Birds list with a sort button in the navigation bar

Put the toolbar items in [`Toolbar.Content`](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/v58.0.0/sdk/ui/swift-ui/toolbar.md#toolbarcontent). Everything else inside `Toolbar` is the view the toolbar belongs to. Inside a [`NavigationStack`](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/v58.0.0/sdk/ui/swift-ui/navigationstack.md), the items go into the navigation bar.

## Installation

```sh
# npm
npx expo install @expo/ui

# yarn
yarn expo install @expo/ui

# pnpm
pnpm expo install @expo/ui

# bun
bun expo install @expo/ui
```

If you are installing this in an [existing React Native app](https://docs.expo.dev/bare/overview.md), make sure to [install `expo`](https://docs.expo.dev/bare/installing-expo-modules.md) in your project.

## Usage

### Buttons in the navigation bar

Set the title with the [`navigationTitle`](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/v58.0.0/sdk/ui/swift-ui/modifiers.md#navigationtitletitle) modifier on `Toolbar`.

```tsx ToolbarExample.tsx
import {
  Button,
  Host,
  List,
  NavigationStack,
  Text,
  Toolbar,
} from '@expo/ui/swift-ui';
import { navigationTitle } from '@expo/ui/swift-ui/modifiers';
import { useState } from 'react';

const BIRDS = ['Goldcrest', 'Barn Swallow', 'Grey Heron'];

export default function ToolbarExample() {
  const [descending, setDescending] = useState(false);

  const sorted = [...BIRDS].sort((a, b) =>
    descending ? b.localeCompare(a) : a.localeCompare(b)
  );

  return (
    <Host style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <NavigationStack>
        <Toolbar modifiers={[navigationTitle('Birds')]}>
          <List>
            {sorted.map(bird => (
              <Text key={bird}>{bird}</Text>
            ))}
          </List>
          <Toolbar.Content>
            <Button
              systemImage="arrow.up.arrow.down"
              label={descending ? 'Sort Z to A' : 'Sort A to Z'}
              onPress={() => setDescending(value => !value)}
            />
          </Toolbar.Content>
        </Toolbar>
      </NavigationStack>
    </Host>
  );
}
```

### Toolbar item placement

Wrap an item in a [`ToolbarItem`](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/v58.0.0/sdk/ui/swift-ui/toolbar.md#toolbaritem) and set its `placement`. An item without a `ToolbarItem` uses the `automatic` placement.

```tsx ToolbarItemExample.tsx
import {
  Button,
  Host,
  List,
  NavigationStack,
  Text,
  Toolbar,
  ToolbarItem,
} from '@expo/ui/swift-ui';
import { navigationTitle } from '@expo/ui/swift-ui/modifiers';

const BIRDS = ['Goldcrest', 'Barn Swallow', 'Grey Heron'];

export default function ToolbarItemExample() {
  return (
    <Host style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <NavigationStack>
        <Toolbar modifiers={[navigationTitle('Birds')]}>
          <List>
            {BIRDS.map(bird => (
              <Text key={bird}>{bird}</Text>
            ))}
          </List>
          <Toolbar.Content>
            <ToolbarItem placement="topBarTrailing">
              <Button
                systemImage="square.and.arrow.up"
                label="Share"
                onPress={() => {}}
              />
            </ToolbarItem>
            <ToolbarItem placement="bottomBar">
              <Button
                systemImage="plus"
                label="Add bird"
                onPress={() => {}}
              />
            </ToolbarItem>
          </Toolbar.Content>
        </Toolbar>
      </NavigationStack>
    </Host>
  );
}
```

A `ToolbarItem` has to be inside `Toolbar.Content`. If the current platform or OS version does not offer a placement, the item uses `automatic`.

### Close button in a sheet

A sheet has no navigation bar of its own, so give its content a [`NavigationStack`](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/v58.0.0/sdk/ui/swift-ui/navigationstack.md). On iOS 26 and later, a [`Button`](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/v58.0.0/sdk/ui/swift-ui/button.md) with `role="close"` and no `label` or children shows as a close (X) icon. On earlier versions, set a `label` and `systemImage="xmark"` instead.

```tsx ToolbarCloseButtonExample.tsx
import {
  BottomSheet,
  Button,
  Host,
  NavigationStack,
  Text,
  Toolbar,
  VStack,
} from '@expo/ui/swift-ui';
import {
  navigationTitle,
  padding,
  presentationDetents,
} from '@expo/ui/swift-ui/modifiers';
import { useState } from 'react';

export default function ToolbarCloseButtonExample() {
  const [isPresented, setIsPresented] = useState(false);

  return (
    <Host style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <BottomSheet
        isPresented={isPresented}
        onIsPresentedChange={setIsPresented}
        anchor={
          <Button
            label="Show details"
            onPress={() => setIsPresented(true)}
          />
        }>
        <NavigationStack
          modifiers={[presentationDetents(['medium'])]}>
          <Toolbar modifiers={[navigationTitle('Grey Heron')]}>
            <VStack
              alignment="leading"
              spacing={12}
              modifiers={[padding({ all: 20 })]}>
              <Text>
                Stands still at the water's edge for long spells,
                then strikes at fish with its dagger bill.
              </Text>
            </VStack>
            <Toolbar.Content>
              <Button
                role="close"
                onPress={() => setIsPresented(false)}
              />
            </Toolbar.Content>
          </Toolbar>
        </NavigationStack>
      </BottomSheet>
    </Host>
  );
}
```

## API

```tsx
import { Toolbar, ToolbarItem } from '@expo/ui/swift-ui';
```

## Components

### `Toolbar`

Supported platforms: iOS, tvOS.

Type: React.[Element](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/jsx.html#function-component)<[ToolbarProps](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/v58.0.0/sdk/ui/swift-ui/toolbar.md#toolbarprops)\>

Adds a toolbar to the view it wraps, matching SwiftUI's `toolbar(content:)`.

Example

```tsx
<NavigationStack>
  <Toolbar>
    <Text>Bird description</Text>
    <Toolbar.Content>
      <Button role="close" onPress={() => setIsPresented(false)} />
    </Toolbar.Content>
  </Toolbar>
</NavigationStack>
```

ToolbarProps

### `children`

Supported platforms: iOS, tvOS.

Type: [ReactNode](https://reactnative.dev/docs/react-node)

The view the toolbar belongs to, together with the `Toolbar.Content` that fills it.

#### Inherited props

-   [CommonViewModifierProps](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/v58.0.0/sdk/ui/swift-ui/modifiers.md)

### `ToolbarItem`

Supported platforms: iOS, tvOS.

Type: React.[Element](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/jsx.html#function-component)<[ToolbarItemProps](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/v58.0.0/sdk/ui/swift-ui/toolbar.md#toolbaritemprops)\>

A single item in a toolbar, matching SwiftUI's `ToolbarItem`. Place it inside `Toolbar.Content` to control where the item appears.

Example

```tsx
<Toolbar>
  <Text>Bird description</Text>
  <Toolbar.Content>
    <ToolbarItem placement="topBarTrailing">
      <Button systemImage="square.and.arrow.up" onPress={share} />
    </ToolbarItem>
  </Toolbar.Content>
</Toolbar>
```

ToolbarItemProps

### `children`

Supported platforms: iOS, tvOS.

Type: [ReactNode](https://reactnative.dev/docs/react-node)

The content of the item.

### `placement`

Supported platforms: iOS, tvOS.

Optional • Type: [ToolbarItemPlacement](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/v58.0.0/sdk/ui/swift-ui/toolbar.md#toolbaritemplacement) • Default: `'automatic'`

The semantic placement of the item within the toolbar.

### `visibilityPriority`

Supported platforms: iOS 27.0+.

Optional • Type: [ToolbarItemVisibilityPriority](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/v58.0.0/sdk/ui/swift-ui/toolbar.md#toolbaritemvisibilitypriority) • Default: `'automatic'`

How readily the item gives up its place. Items overflow lowest priority first. `low` and `high` apply on iOS and macOS.

### `Toolbar.Content`

Supported platforms: iOS, tvOS.

Type: React.[Element](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/jsx.html#function-component)<[ToolbarContentProps](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/v58.0.0/sdk/ui/swift-ui/toolbar.md#toolbarcontentprops)\>

The items placed in the toolbar of the view `Toolbar` wraps.

ToolbarContentProps

### `children`

Supported platforms: iOS, tvOS.

Type: [ReactNode](https://reactnative.dev/docs/react-node)

The items to place in the toolbar.

## Types

### `ToolbarItemPlacement`

Supported platforms: iOS, tvOS.

Literal type: `string`

Where an item sits in the toolbar. A placement the current platform or OS version does not offer falls back to `automatic`.

> **See:** Official [SwiftUI documentation](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/toolbaritemplacement).

Acceptable values are: `'automatic'` | `'principal'` | `'navigation'` | `'primaryAction'` | `'secondaryAction'` | `'status'` | `'confirmationAction'` | `'cancellationAction'` | `'destructiveAction'` | `'keyboard'` | `'topBarLeading'` | `'topBarTrailing'` | `'topBarPinnedTrailing'` | `'largeTitle'` | `'bottomBar'`

### `ToolbarItemVisibilityPriority`

Supported platforms: iOS, tvOS.

Literal type: `string`

How readily a toolbar item gives up its place when the toolbar runs out of room.

> **See:** Official [SwiftUI documentation](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/toolbaritemvisibilitypriority).

Acceptable values are: `'automatic'` | `'low'` | `'high'`