---
title: navigation
framework: swiftui
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: swiftui/containerbackgroundplacement/navigation
---

# navigation

A background placement inside a NavigationStack or NavigationSplitView.

## Declaration

```swift
static let navigation: ContainerBackgroundPlacement
```

## Discussion

Discussion For translucent backgrounds in a navigation split view, combine this placement with navigationSplitView. NavigationSplitView {      … sidebar …     .containerBackground(.thinMaterial, for: .navigation)     .containerBackground(Color.green, for: .navigationSplitView) } detail: {     // … detail …     .containerBackground(.thickMaterial, for: .navigation) }

## See Also

### Getting placements

- [tabView](swiftui/containerbackgroundplacement/tabview.md)
- [widget](swiftui/containerbackgroundplacement/widget.md)