University of St Andrews

Navigation bar

The navigation bar pattern displays a horizontal navigation menu for pages related to the current page.

Rules for the navigation bar

• Must be present on all webpages, apart from long-form stories.
• Must come below the category header and above the main body of the page.
• Must not contain any dropdown menus.
• Must only contain links to other webpages or web applications.
• Should not contain more than eight links.

Options available

• Primary navigation
• Primary and secondary navigation

Primary navigation

The primary navigation menu is required on all homepages and must use the primary palette colour.

Primary and secondary navigation

The secondary navigation bar is required on all webpages apart from a homepage and must use the secondary palette colour.