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PageHeader

PageHeader is used to determine the arrangement of the top-level headings and how elements adopt to different viewports.

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import {PageHeader} from '@primer/react/drafts'

Examples

Has title only

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea>
    <PageHeader.Title>Title</PageHeader.Title>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
</PageHeader>

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea>
    <PageHeader.Title>Title</PageHeader.Title>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
</PageHeader>

Title `variant="large"`

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea variant="large">
    <PageHeader.Title>Title</PageHeader.Title>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
</PageHeader>

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea variant="large">
    <PageHeader.Title>Title</PageHeader.Title>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
</PageHeader>

With leading and trailing visuals

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea>
    <PageHeader.LeadingVisual>
      <GitPullRequestIcon />
    </PageHeader.LeadingVisual>
    <PageHeader.Title>Title</PageHeader.Title>
    <PageHeader.TrailingVisual>
      <Label>Beta</Label>
    </PageHeader.TrailingVisual>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
</PageHeader>

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea>
    <PageHeader.LeadingVisual>
      <GitPullRequestIcon />
    </PageHeader.LeadingVisual>
    <PageHeader.Title>Title</PageHeader.Title>
    <PageHeader.TrailingVisual>
      <Label>Beta</Label>
    </PageHeader.TrailingVisual>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
</PageHeader>

With leading visual is hidden on regular viewport

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea>
    <PageHeader.LeadingVisual hidden={{regular: true}}>
      <GitPullRequestIcon />
    </PageHeader.LeadingVisual>
    <PageHeader.Title>Title</PageHeader.Title>
    <PageHeader.TrailingVisual>
      <Label>Beta</Label>
    </PageHeader.TrailingVisual>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
</PageHeader>

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea>
    <PageHeader.LeadingVisual hidden={{regular: true}}>
      <GitPullRequestIcon />
    </PageHeader.LeadingVisual>
    <PageHeader.Title>Title</PageHeader.Title>
    <PageHeader.TrailingVisual>
      <Label>Beta</Label>
    </PageHeader.TrailingVisual>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
</PageHeader>

Component as Title

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea>
    <Breadcrumbs>
      <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">...</Breadcrumbs.Item>
      <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">primer</Breadcrumbs.Item>
      <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">react</Breadcrumbs.Item>
      <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">src</Breadcrumbs.Item>
      <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">PageHeader</Breadcrumbs.Item>
      <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">PageHeader.tsx</Breadcrumbs.Item>
    </Breadcrumbs>
    <Heading
      as="h2"
      sx={{
        position: 'absolute',
        width: '1px',
        height: '1px',
        padding: 0,
        margin: '-1px',
        overflow: 'hidden',
        clip: 'rect(0, 0, 0, 0)',
        whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
        borderWidth: 0,
      }}
    >
      Visually Hidden Title
    </Heading>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
</PageHeader>

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea>
    <Breadcrumbs>
      <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">...</Breadcrumbs.Item>
      <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">primer</Breadcrumbs.Item>
      <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">react</Breadcrumbs.Item>
      <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">src</Breadcrumbs.Item>
      <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">PageHeader</Breadcrumbs.Item>
      <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">PageHeader.tsx</Breadcrumbs.Item>
    </Breadcrumbs>
    <Heading
      as="h2"
      sx={{
        position: 'absolute',
        width: '1px',
        height: '1px',
        padding: 0,
        margin: '-1px',
        overflow: 'hidden',
        clip: 'rect(0, 0, 0, 0)',
        whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
        borderWidth: 0,
      }}
    >
      Visually Hidden Title
    </Heading>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
</PageHeader>

With leading and trailing actions

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea>
    <PageHeader.LeadingAction>
      <IconButton aria-label="Expand" icon={SidebarExpandIcon} variant="invisible" />
    </PageHeader.LeadingAction>
    <PageHeader.Title>Title</PageHeader.Title>
    <PageHeader.TrailingAction>
      <IconButton aria-label="Edit" icon={PencilIcon} variant="invisible" />
    </PageHeader.TrailingAction>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
</PageHeader>

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea>
    <PageHeader.LeadingAction>
      <IconButton aria-label="Expand" icon={SidebarExpandIcon} variant="invisible" />
    </PageHeader.LeadingAction>
    <PageHeader.Title>Title</PageHeader.Title>
    <PageHeader.TrailingAction>
      <IconButton aria-label="Edit" icon={PencilIcon} variant="invisible" />
    </PageHeader.TrailingAction>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
</PageHeader>

With actions

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea>
    <PageHeader.Title>Title</PageHeader.Title>
    <PageHeader.Actions>
      <IconButton aria-label="Workflows" icon={WorkflowIcon} />
      <IconButton aria-label="Insights" icon={GraphIcon} />
      <Button variant="primary" trailingVisual={TriangleDownIcon}>
        Add Item
      </Button>
      <IconButton aria-label="Settings" icon={GearIcon} />
    </PageHeader.Actions>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
</PageHeader>

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea>
    <PageHeader.Title>Title</PageHeader.Title>
    <PageHeader.Actions>
      <IconButton aria-label="Workflows" icon={WorkflowIcon} />
      <IconButton aria-label="Insights" icon={GraphIcon} />
      <Button variant="primary" trailingVisual={TriangleDownIcon}>
        Add Item
      </Button>
      <IconButton aria-label="Settings" icon={GearIcon} />
    </PageHeader.Actions>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
</PageHeader>

With description slot

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea>
    <PageHeader.Title>add-pageheader-docs</PageHeader.Title>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
  <PageHeader.Description>
    <Text sx={{fontSize: 1, color: 'fg.muted'}}>
      <Link href="#" muted sx={{fontWeight: 'bold'}}>
        broccolinisoup
      </Link>{' '}
      created this branch 5 days ago · 14 commits · updated today
    </Text>
  </PageHeader.Description>
</PageHeader>

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea>
    <PageHeader.Title>add-pageheader-docs</PageHeader.Title>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
  <PageHeader.Description>
    <Text sx={{fontSize: 1, color: 'fg.muted'}}>
      <Link href="#" muted sx={{fontWeight: 'bold'}}>
        broccolinisoup
      </Link>{' '}
      created this branch 5 days ago · 14 commits · updated today
    </Text>
  </PageHeader.Description>
</PageHeader>

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea>
    <PageHeader.Title>Pull request title</PageHeader.Title>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
  <PageHeader.Navigation>
    <UnderlineNav aria-label="Pull Request">
      <UnderlineNav.Item icon={CommentDiscussionIcon} counter="12" aria-current="page">
        Conversation
      </UnderlineNav.Item>
      <UnderlineNav.Item counter={3} icon={CommitIcon}>
        Commits
      </UnderlineNav.Item>
      <UnderlineNav.Item counter={7} icon={ChecklistIcon}>
        Checks
      </UnderlineNav.Item>
      <UnderlineNav.Item counter={4} icon={FileDiffIcon}>
        Files Changes
      </UnderlineNav.Item>
    </UnderlineNav>
  </PageHeader.Navigation>
</PageHeader>

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea>
    <PageHeader.Title>Pull request title</PageHeader.Title>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
  <PageHeader.Navigation>
    <UnderlineNav aria-label="Pull Request">
      <UnderlineNav.Item icon={CommentDiscussionIcon} counter="12" aria-current="page">
        Conversation
      </UnderlineNav.Item>
      <UnderlineNav.Item counter={3} icon={CommitIcon}>
        Commits
      </UnderlineNav.Item>
      <UnderlineNav.Item counter={7} icon={ChecklistIcon}>
        Checks
      </UnderlineNav.Item>
      <UnderlineNav.Item counter={4} icon={FileDiffIcon}>
        Files Changes
      </UnderlineNav.Item>
    </UnderlineNav>
  </PageHeader.Navigation>
</PageHeader>

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea>
    <PageHeader.Title>Page Title</PageHeader.Title>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
  <PageHeader.Navigation as="nav" aria-label="Item list">
    <Box as="ul" sx={{display: 'flex', gap: '8px', listStyle: 'none', paddingY: 0, paddingX: 3}} role="list">
      <li>
        <Link href="#" aria-current="page">
          Item 1
        </Link>
      </li>
      <li>
        <Link href="#">Item 2</Link>
      </li>
    </Box>
  </PageHeader.Navigation>
</PageHeader>

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea>
    <PageHeader.Title>Page Title</PageHeader.Title>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
  <PageHeader.Navigation as="nav" aria-label="Item list">
    <Box as="ul" sx={{display: 'flex', gap: '8px', listStyle: 'none', paddingY: 0, paddingX: 3}} role="list">
      <li>
        <Link href="#" aria-current="page">
          Item 1
        </Link>
      </li>
      <li>
        <Link href="#">Item 2</Link>
      </li>
    </Box>
  </PageHeader.Navigation>
</PageHeader>

With ContextArea

With parent link and actions (only visible on mobile)

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.ContextArea>
    <PageHeader.ParentLink href="http://github.com">Parent Link</PageHeader.ParentLink>

    <PageHeader.ContextAreaActions>
      <Button size="small" leadingVisual={GitBranchIcon}>
        Main
      </Button>
      <IconButton size="small" aria-label="More Options" icon={KebabHorizontalIcon} />
    </PageHeader.ContextAreaActions>
  </PageHeader.ContextArea>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea>
    <PageHeader.Title>Title</PageHeader.Title>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
</PageHeader>

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.ContextArea>
    <PageHeader.ParentLink href="http://github.com">Parent Link</PageHeader.ParentLink>

    <PageHeader.ContextAreaActions>
      <Button size="small" leadingVisual={GitBranchIcon}>
        Main
      </Button>
      <IconButton size="small" aria-label="More Options" icon={KebabHorizontalIcon} />
    </PageHeader.ContextAreaActions>
  </PageHeader.ContextArea>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea>
    <PageHeader.Title>Title</PageHeader.Title>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
</PageHeader>

With context bar and actions (only visible on mobile)

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.ContextArea>
    <PageHeader.ContextBar>
      <Breadcrumbs>
        <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">...</Breadcrumbs.Item>
        <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">primer</Breadcrumbs.Item>
        <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">react</Breadcrumbs.Item>
        <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">src</Breadcrumbs.Item>
        <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">PageHeader</Breadcrumbs.Item>
        <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">PageHeader.tsx</Breadcrumbs.Item>
      </Breadcrumbs>
    </PageHeader.ContextBar>

    <PageHeader.ContextAreaActions>
      <Button size="small" leadingVisual={GitBranchIcon}>
        Main
      </Button>
      <IconButton size="small" aria-label="More Options" icon={KebabHorizontalIcon} />
    </PageHeader.ContextAreaActions>
  </PageHeader.ContextArea>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea>
    <PageHeader.Title>Title</PageHeader.Title>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
</PageHeader>

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.ContextArea>
    <PageHeader.ContextBar>
      <Breadcrumbs>
        <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">...</Breadcrumbs.Item>
        <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">primer</Breadcrumbs.Item>
        <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">react</Breadcrumbs.Item>
        <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">src</Breadcrumbs.Item>
        <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">PageHeader</Breadcrumbs.Item>
        <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">PageHeader.tsx</Breadcrumbs.Item>
      </Breadcrumbs>
    </PageHeader.ContextBar>

    <PageHeader.ContextAreaActions>
      <Button size="small" leadingVisual={GitBranchIcon}>
        Main
      </Button>
      <IconButton size="small" aria-label="More Options" icon={KebabHorizontalIcon} />
    </PageHeader.ContextAreaActions>
  </PageHeader.ContextArea>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea>
    <PageHeader.Title>Title</PageHeader.Title>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
</PageHeader>

With a ContextArea with all possible children (always visible)

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.ContextArea hidden={false}>
    <PageHeader.ParentLink href="http://github.com" hidden={false}>
      Parent Link
    </PageHeader.ParentLink>

    <PageHeader.ContextBar hidden={false}>
      <Breadcrumbs>
        <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">...</Breadcrumbs.Item>
        <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">primer</Breadcrumbs.Item>
        <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">react</Breadcrumbs.Item>
        <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">src</Breadcrumbs.Item>
        <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">PageHeader</Breadcrumbs.Item>
        <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">PageHeader.tsx</Breadcrumbs.Item>
      </Breadcrumbs>
    </PageHeader.ContextBar>

    <PageHeader.ContextAreaActions hidden={false}>
      <Button size="small" leadingVisual={GitBranchIcon}>
        Main
      </Button>
      <IconButton size="small" aria-label="More Options" icon={KebabHorizontalIcon} />
    </PageHeader.ContextAreaActions>
  </PageHeader.ContextArea>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea>
    <PageHeader.Title>Title</PageHeader.Title>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
</PageHeader>

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.ContextArea hidden={false}>
    <PageHeader.ParentLink href="http://github.com" hidden={false}>
      Parent Link
    </PageHeader.ParentLink>

    <PageHeader.ContextBar hidden={false}>
      <Breadcrumbs>
        <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">...</Breadcrumbs.Item>
        <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">primer</Breadcrumbs.Item>
        <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">react</Breadcrumbs.Item>
        <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">src</Breadcrumbs.Item>
        <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">PageHeader</Breadcrumbs.Item>
        <Breadcrumbs.Item href="#">PageHeader.tsx</Breadcrumbs.Item>
      </Breadcrumbs>
    </PageHeader.ContextBar>

    <PageHeader.ContextAreaActions hidden={false}>
      <Button size="small" leadingVisual={GitBranchIcon}>
        Main
      </Button>
      <IconButton size="small" aria-label="More Options" icon={KebabHorizontalIcon} />
    </PageHeader.ContextAreaActions>
  </PageHeader.ContextArea>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea>
    <PageHeader.Title>Title</PageHeader.Title>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
</PageHeader>

With actions that have responsive content

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea>
    <PageHeader.Title as="h2">Webhooks</PageHeader.Title>
    <PageHeader.Actions>
      <Hidden when={['narrow']}>
        <Button variant="primary">New webhook</Button>
      </Hidden>
      <Hidden when={['regular', 'wide']}>
        <Button variant="primary">New</Button>
      </Hidden>
    </PageHeader.Actions>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
</PageHeader>

<PageHeader>
  <PageHeader.TitleArea>
    <PageHeader.Title as="h2">Webhooks</PageHeader.Title>
    <PageHeader.Actions>
      <Hidden when={['narrow']}>
        <Button variant="primary">New webhook</Button>
      </Hidden>
      <Hidden when={['regular', 'wide']}>
        <Button variant="primary">New</Button>
      </Hidden>
    </PageHeader.Actions>
  </PageHeader.TitleArea>
</PageHeader>

Props

PageHeader

Name	Type	Default	Description
aria-label	string \| undefined		A unique label for the rendered main landmark
className	string \| undefined		CSS string
hidden	\| boolean \| { narrow?: boolean regular?: boolean wide?: boolean }	false	Whether the content is hidden.
sx	SystemStyleObject
as	React.ElementType	"div"	The underlying element to render — either a HTML element name or a React component.

PageHeader.ContextArea

Name	Type	Default	Description
className	string \| undefined		CSS string
hidden	\| boolean \| { narrow?: boolean regular?: boolean wide?: boolean }	false	Whether the content is hidden.
sx	SystemStyleObject

PageHeader.ParentLink

Name	Type	Default	Description
className	string \| undefined		CSS string
href	string		The URL to link to.
hidden	\| boolean \| { narrow?: boolean regular?: boolean wide?: boolean }	`{ narrow: false regular: true wide: true }`	Whether the parent link is hidden.
sx	SystemStyleObject

PageHeader.ContextBar

Name	Type	Default	Description
className	string \| undefined		CSS string
hidden	\| boolean \| { narrow?: boolean regular?: boolean wide?: boolean }	false	Whether the content is hidden.
sx	SystemStyleObject

PageHeader.ContextAreaActions

Name	Type	Default	Description
className	string \| undefined		CSS string
hidden	\| boolean \| { narrow?: boolean regular?: boolean wide?: boolean }	false	Whether the content is hidden.
sx	SystemStyleObject

PageHeader.TitleArea

Name	Type	Default	Description
className	string \| undefined		CSS string
hidden	\| boolean \| { narrow?: boolean regular?: boolean wide?: boolean }	false	Whether the content is hidden.
variant	\| 'subtitle' \| 'medium' \| 'large' \| { narrow?: \| 'subtitle' \| 'medium' \| 'large' regular?: \| 'subtitle' \| 'medium' \| 'large' wide?: \| 'subtitle' \| 'medium' \| 'large' }	medium	Default title (medium) is the most common page title size. Use for static titles in most situations. Large variant should be used for user-generated content such as issues, pull requests, or discussions. Subtitle variant can be used when a PageHeader.Title is already present in the page, such as in a SplitPageLayout.
sx	SystemStyleObject

PageHeader.LeadingAction

Name	Type	Default	Description
className	string \| undefined		CSS string
hidden	\| boolean \| { narrow?: boolean regular?: boolean wide?: boolean }	false	Whether the content is hidden.
sx	SystemStyleObject

PageHeader.LeadingVisual

Name	Type	Default	Description
className	string \| undefined		CSS string
hidden	\| boolean \| { narrow?: boolean regular?: boolean wide?: boolean }	false	Whether the content is hidden.
sx	SystemStyleObject

PageHeader.Title

Name	Type	Default	Description
className	string \| undefined		CSS string
hidden	\| boolean \| { narrow?: boolean regular?: boolean wide?: boolean }	false	Whether the content is hidden.
sx	SystemStyleObject
as	React.ElementType	"h2"	The underlying element to render — either a HTML element name or a React component.

PageHeader.TrailingVisual

Name	Type	Default	Description
className	string \| undefined		CSS string
hidden	\| boolean \| { narrow?: boolean regular?: boolean wide?: boolean }	false	Whether the content is hidden.
sx	SystemStyleObject

PageHeader.TrailingAction

Name	Type	Default	Description
className	string \| undefined		CSS string
hidden	\| boolean \| { narrow?: boolean regular?: boolean wide?: boolean }	false	Whether the content is hidden.
sx	SystemStyleObject

PageHeader.Actions

Name	Type	Default	Description
className	string \| undefined		CSS string
hidden	\| boolean \| { narrow?: boolean regular?: boolean wide?: boolean }	false	Whether the content is hidden.
sx	SystemStyleObject

PageHeader.Description

Name	Type	Default	Description
className	string \| undefined		CSS string
hidden	\| boolean \| { narrow?: boolean regular?: boolean wide?: boolean }	false	Whether the content is hidden.
sx	SystemStyleObject

PageHeader.Navigation

Name	Type	Default	Description
aria-label	string		The aria-label attribute for the navigaton component when it is rendered as a "nav" element.
aria-labelledby	string		The aria-labelledby attribute for the navigaton component when it is rendered as a "nav" element.
as	React.ElementType	"div"	The HTML element used to render the navigation.
className	string \| undefined		CSS string
hidden	\| boolean \| { narrow?: boolean regular?: boolean wide?: boolean }	false	Whether the content is hidden.
sx	SystemStyleObject

Status

Alpha

Component props and basic example usage of the component are documented on primer.style/react.
Component does not have any unnecessary third-party dependencies.
Component can adapt to different themes.
Component can adapt to different screen sizes.
Component has robust unit test coverage (100% where achievable).
Component has visual regression coverage of its default and interactive states.
Component does not introduce any axe violations.
Component has been manually reviewed by the accessibility team and any resulting issues have been addressed.

Beta

Component is used in a production application.
Common usage examples are documented on primer.style/react.
Common usage examples are documented in storybook stories.
Component has been reviewed by a systems designer and any resulting issues have been addressed.
Component does not introduce any performance regressions.

Stable

Component API has been stable with no breaking changes for at least one month.
Feedback on API usability has been sought from developers using the component and any resulting issues have been addressed.
Component has corresponding design guidelines documented in the interface guidelines.
Component has corresponding Figma component in the Primer Web library.
Tooling (such as linters, codemods, etc.) exists to prevent further use of alternatives.

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PageHeader

Examples

Has title only

Title `variant="large"`

With leading and trailing visuals

With leading visual is hidden on regular viewport

Component as Title

With leading and trailing actions

With actions

With description slot

With navigation slot

Utilizing a Navigation component

Utilizing a custom navigation

With ContextArea

With parent link and actions (only visible on mobile)

With context bar and actions (only visible on mobile)

With a ContextArea with all possible children (always visible)

With actions that have responsive content

Props

PageHeader

PageHeader.ContextArea

PageHeader.ParentLink

PageHeader.ContextBar

PageHeader.ContextAreaActions

PageHeader.TitleArea

PageHeader.LeadingAction

PageHeader.LeadingVisual

PageHeader.Title

PageHeader.TrailingVisual

PageHeader.TrailingAction

PageHeader.Actions

PageHeader.Description

PageHeader.Navigation

Status

Alpha

Beta

Stable