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Material Design: Top app bar

Defines the top app bar as the surface for branding, current screen title, navigation, action icons, overflow, scrolling behavior, and contextual action bars.

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Header / top app bar Choose a header/top app bar when each screen needs a current title plus view-level actions such as search, share, edit, save, or overflow. The title in the bar must match the rendered content or current route. Material top app bar guidance defines title, navigation, action icons, overflow, scrolling, and contextual variants.

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Publisher: Material Design. Last checked: .