Navigation - Intelligence Community Design System

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Introduction

Navigation components are elements that guide a user through an application.

Using navigation components helps users navigate in three directions:

Lateral navigation is moving between sections at the same level. Example components that would aid this navigation are tabs and side navigation.
Forward navigation is progressing deeper into content. Example components that would aid this navigation are breadcrumbs and links.
Reverse navigation is returning to a previous state. Example components that would aid this navigation are back to top and skip link.

For more information about navigation layouts, you can check out our navigation patterns .

Components

The current navigation components are:

Back to Top
Breadcrumb
Hero
Link
Page Header
Pagination
Pagination Bar
Popover Menu
Side Navigation
Skip Link
Table of Contents
Tabs
Top Navigation
Tree View

Contribute

We are expanding the UI Kit. If you can't find the navigation component you're looking for, you can check out the roadmap for what's coming. If you would like to help, please read more on how to contribute .

Last reviewed 15 January 2026 .