npm package: @m3e/app-bar
Description: App Bar for M3E
Author: matraic
Latest version: 1.3.1
Deprecated: Deprecated — use @m3e/web instead.

# @m3e/app-bar

The `m3e-app-bar` component is a prominent user interface component that provides consistent access to key actions, navigation, and contextual information at the top of an application screen. Designed according to Material 3 principles, it organizes content with clear hierarchy, supports dynamic color, elevation, alignment, and adapts to scrolling behavior.

> **This package is part of [M3E](https://github.com/matraic/m3e) monorepo**, a unified suite of Material 3 web components. [Explore the docs](https://matraic.github.io/m3e) to see them in action.

## 📦 Installation

```bash
npm install @m3e/app-bar
```

## 💻 Editor Integration

This package includes a [Custom Elements Manifest](https://github.com/webcomponents/custom-elements-manifest) to support enhanced editor tooling and developer experience.

### Visual Studio Code

To enable autocomplete and hover documentation for `@m3e/app-bar`, install the [Custom Elements Manifest Language Server](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=pwrs.cem-language-server-vscode) extension. It will automatically detect the manifest bundled with this package and surface tag names, attributes, slots, and events in supported files.

Alternately, you can explicitly reference the `html-custom-data.json` and `css-custom-data.json` in your workspace settings:

```json
{
  "html.customData": ["./node_modules/@m3e/app-bar/dist/html-custom-data.json"],
  "css.customData": ["./node_modules/@m3e/app-bar/dist/css-custom-data.json"]
}
```

## 🚀 Native Module Support

This package uses [JavaScript Modules](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Modules#module_specifiers). To use it directly in a browser without a bundler, use a module script similar to the following.

```html
<script type="module" src="/node_modules/@m3e/app-bar/dist/index.js"></script>
```

In addition, you must use an [import map](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/Elements/script/type/importmap) to include dependencies.

```html
<script type="importmap">
  {
    "imports": {
      "lit": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/lit@3.3.0/+esm",
      "@m3e/core": "/node_modules/@m3e/core/dist/index.js"
    }
  }
</script>
```

> For production, use index.min.js for faster load times.

## 🗂️ Elements

- `m3e-app-bar` — A bar, placed a the top of a screen, used to help users navigate through an application.

## 🧪 Examples

The following example illustrates a medium size `m3e-app-bar` consisting of a leading button, title, subtitle, and trailing button.

> This example uses the `@m3e/icon` package to present Material Design symbols, but any icon package can be substituted depending on your design system or preferences

```html
<m3e-app-bar size="medium">
  <m3e-icon-button slot="leading-icon" aria-label="Back">
    <m3e-icon name="arrow_back"></m3e-icon>
  </m3e-icon-button>
  <span slot="title">Top 10 hiking trails</span>
  <span slot="subtitle">Discover popular trails</span>
  <m3e-icon-button slot="trailing-icon" aria-label="Bookmark" variant="tonal">
    <m3e-icon name="bookmark" filled></m3e-icon>
  </m3e-icon-button>
</m3e-app-bar>
```

The next example illustrates how to attach an app bar to a parent scroll container to produce elevation on scroll. In this example, the `for` attribute is used to attach a sticky-positioned `m3e-app-bar` to a parenting container styled to overflow vertically. When scrolled, the app bar will automatically transition to an elevated state.

```html
<div style="overflow-y: auto; height: 300px" id="scrollContainer">
  <m3e-app-bar for="scrollContainer" style="position: sticky; top: 0">
    <span slot="title">Title</span>
  </m3e-app-bar>
  <div style="height: 400px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center">I am scrolling content</div>
</div>
```

## 📖 API Reference

This section details the attributes, slots and CSS custom properties available for the `m3e-app-bar` component.

### ⚙️ Attributes

| Attribute  | Type                             | Default   | Description                                                                  |
| ---------- | -------------------------------- | --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `centered` | `boolean`                        | `false`   | Whether the title and subtitle are centered.                                 |
| `size`     | `"small" \| "medium" \| "large"` | `"small"` | The size of the bar.                                                         |
| `for`      | `string`                         |           | The identifier of the interactive control to which this element is attached. |

### 🧩 Slots

| Slot            | Description              |
| --------------- | ------------------------ |
| `leading-icon`  | Renders a leading icon.  |
| `title`         | Renders the title.       |
| `subtitle`      | Renders the subtitle.    |
| `trailing-icon` | Renders a trailing icon. |

### 🎛️ CSS Custom Properties

The `m3e-app-bar` component supports theming via scoped CSS custom properties for layout, color, elevation, and interaction states.

#### Container & Color Properties

| Property                                      | Description                                  |
| --------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| `--m3e-app-bar-container-color`               | Background color of the app bar container.   |
| `--m3e-app-bar-container-color-on-scroll`     | Background color when scrolled.              |
| `--m3e-app-bar-container-elevation`           | Elevation (shadow) of the app bar container. |
| `--m3e-app-bar-container-elevation-on-scroll` | Elevation (shadow) when scrolled.            |
| `--m3e-app-bar-title-text-color`              | Color of the app bar title text.             |
| `--m3e-app-bar-subtitle-text-color`           | Color of the app bar subtitle text.          |
| `--m3e-app-bar-padding-left`                  | Left padding for the app bar container.      |
| `--m3e-app-bar-padding-right`                 | Right padding for the app bar container.     |

#### Small Size Properties

| Property                                        | Description                                      |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| `--m3e-app-bar-small-container-height`          | Height of the small app bar container.           |
| `--m3e-app-bar-small-title-text-font-size`      | Font size for the small app bar title text.      |
| `--m3e-app-bar-small-title-text-font-weight`    | Font weight for the small app bar title text.    |
| `--m3e-app-bar-small-title-text-line-height`    | Line height for the small app bar title text.    |
| `--m3e-app-bar-small-subtitle-text-tracking`    | Letter spacing for the small app bar title text. |
| `--m3e-app-bar-small-subtitle-text-font-size`   | Font size for the small app bar subtitle text.   |
| `--m3e-app-bar-small-subtitle-text-font-weight` | Font weight for the small app bar subtitle text. |
| `--m3e-app-bar-small-subtitle-text-line-height` | Line height for the small app bar subtitle text. |
| `--m3e-app-bar-small-heading-padding-left`      | Left padding for the small app bar heading.      |
| `--m3e-app-bar-small-heading-padding-right`     | Right padding for the small app bar heading.     |

#### Medium Size Properties

| Property                                              | Description                                       |
| ----------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| `--m3e-app-bar-medium-container-height`               | Height of the medium app bar container.           |
| `--m3e-app-bar-medium-container-height-with-subtitle` | Height of the medium app bar with subtitle.       |
| `--m3e-app-bar-medium-title-text-font-size`           | Font size for the medium app bar title text.      |
| `--m3e-app-bar-medium-title-text-font-weight`         | Font weight for the medium app bar title text.    |
| `--m3e-app-bar-medium-title-text-line-height`         | Line height for the medium app bar title text.    |
| `--m3e-app-bar-medium-subtitle-text-tracking`         | Letter spacing for the medium app bar title text. |
| `--m3e-app-bar-medium-subtitle-text-font-size`        | Font size for the medium app bar subtitle text.   |
| `--m3e-app-bar-medium-subtitle-text-font-weight`      | Font weight for the medium app bar subtitle text. |
| `--m3e-app-bar-medium-subtitle-text-line-height`      | Line height for the medium app bar subtitle text. |
| `--m3e-app-bar-medium-heading-padding-left`           | Left padding for the medium app bar heading.      |
| `--m3e-app-bar-medium-heading-padding-right`          | Right padding for the medium app bar heading.     |
| `--m3e-app-bar-medium-padding-top`                    | Top padding for the medium app bar.               |
| `--m3e-app-bar-medium-padding-bottom`                 | Bottom padding for the medium app bar.            |
| `--m3e-app-bar-medium-title-max-lines`                | Max lines for the medium app bar title.           |
| `--m3e-app-bar-medium-subtitle-max-lines`             | Max lines for the medium app bar subtitle.        |

#### Large Size Properties

| Property                                             | Description                                      |
| ---------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| `--m3e-app-bar-large-container-height`               | Height of the large app bar container.           |
| `--m3e-app-bar-large-container-height-with-subtitle` | Height of the large app bar with subtitle.       |
| `--m3e-app-bar-large-title-text-font-size`           | Font size for the large app bar title text.      |
| `--m3e-app-bar-large-title-text-font-weight`         | Font weight for the large app bar title text.    |
| `--m3e-app-bar-large-title-text-line-height`         | Line height for the large app bar title text.    |
| `--m3e-app-bar-large-subtitle-text-tracking`         | Letter spacing for the large app bar title text. |
| `--m3e-app-bar-large-subtitle-text-font-size`        | Font size for the large app bar subtitle text.   |
| `--m3e-app-bar-large-subtitle-text-font-weight`      | Font weight for the large app bar subtitle text. |
| `--m3e-app-bar-large-subtitle-text-line-height`      | Line height for the large app bar subtitle text. |
| `--m3e-app-bar-large-heading-padding-left`           | Left padding for the large app bar heading.      |
| `--m3e-app-bar-large-heading-padding-right`          | Right padding for the large app bar heading.     |
| `--m3e-app-bar-large-padding-top`                    | Top padding for the large app bar.               |
| `--m3e-app-bar-large-padding-bottom`                 | Bottom padding for the large app bar.            |
| `--m3e-app-bar-large-title-max-lines`                | Max lines for the large app bar title.           |
| `--m3e-app-bar-large-subtitle-max-lines`             | Max lines for the large app bar subtitle.        |

## 🤝 Contributing

See the root monorepo `CONTRIBUTING.md` for guidelines on contributing to this package.

## 📄 License

This package is licensed under the MIT License.