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setSelectedNavigationItem() for Lightning Experience
Sets the selected navigation item to a specific ID. This method works only in
Lightning console apps.
Arguments
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| developerName | string | The ID of the navigation item. |
Sample Code
This Aura component has a button that, when pressed, sets the specified ID as the selected navigation item.
Component code:
1<aura:component implements="flexipage:availableForAllPageTypes" description="My Lightning Component">
2 <lightning:navigationItemAPI aura:id="navigationItemAPI" />
3 <lightning:button label="Set Navigation Item" onclick="{! c.setSelectedNavigationItem }" />
4</aura:component>Controller code:
1({
2 setSelectedNavigationItem : function(component, event, helper) {
3 var navigationItemAPI = component.find("navigationItemAPI");
4 navigationItemAPI.setSelectedNavigationItem({
5 "developerName": "standard-Account"
6 }).then(function(response) {
7 console.log(response);
8 })
9 .catch(function(error) {
10 console.log(error);
11 });
12 }
13})Response
This method returns a promise that, upon success, resolves to true.