How to Add Icon in NavBar using React-Bootstrap ?

Last Updated : 24 Apr, 2025

This article will show you how to add an icon in the navigation bar using React-Bootstrap. We will use React-Bootstrap because it makes it easy to use reusable components without implementing them.

Prerequisites

Creating React App and Installing Module

Step 1: Create a React application using the following command

npx create-react-app foldername

Step 2: After creating your project folder i.e. foldername, move to it using the following command.

cd foldername

Step 3: Now install React-bootstrap and bootstrap

npm install react-bootstrap bootstrap

Step 4: Add Bootstrap CSS to index.js

import 'bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css';

Project Structure

Screenshot-2023-10-12-093724 — Project Structure

The updated dependencies in package.json will look like this:

{
    "name": "iconinnavbar",
    "version": "0.1.0",
    "private": true,
    "dependencies": {
        "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^5.17.0",
        "@testing-library/react": "^13.4.0",
        "@testing-library/user-event": "^13.5.0",
        "bootstrap": "^5.3.2",
        "react": "^18.2.0",
        "react-bootstrap": "^2.9.0",
        "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
        "react-scripts": "5.0.1",
        "web-vitals": "^2.1.4"
    }
}

Example: Now write down the following code in App.js file. Here App is our default component where we have written our code.

JavaScript

// App.js File  import Container from "react-bootstrap/Container"; import Nav from "react-bootstrap/Nav"; import Navbar from "react-bootstrap/Navbar"; import gfglogo from "./GeeksforGeeks.svg"; import "bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css";  function App() {     return (         <div>             <Navbar collapseOnSelect expand="lg"                  className="bg-info">                 <Container>                     <Navbar.Brand href="#home">                         <img                             src={gfglogo}                             width="50"                             height="50"                             className="d-inline-block align-top"                             alt="React Bootstrap logo"                         />                     </Navbar.Brand>                     <Navbar.Toggle                          aria-controls="responsive-navbar-nav" />                     <Navbar.Collapse id="responsive-navbar-nav">                         <Nav className="me-auto">                             <Nav.Link href="#DataStructures">                                 Data Structures                             </Nav.Link>                             <Nav.Link                                  href="#CompetitiveProgramming">                                 Competitive Programming                             </Nav.Link>                         </Nav>                         <Nav>                             <Nav.Link href="#contactus">                                 Contact Us                             </Nav.Link>                             <Nav.Link eventKey={2}                                 href="#community">                                 Community                             </Nav.Link>                         </Nav>                     </Navbar.Collapse>                 </Container>             </Navbar>         </div>     ); }  export default App;