SharePoint Online – A new SharePoint bar is available to provide global navigation capabilities
If you are using a modern SharePoint site, a new bar is going to appear on the left side to provide global navigation capabilities.
If you use SharePoint Online, you already know the navigation bar (also known as Quick Launch) is displayed on the left side (as shown below).
Well, SharePoint Online now offers the ability to set an horizontal navigation with 2 options:
The horizontal navigation bar will be displayed on top of your content, just after your site logo and title
To enjoy this new navigation style, access your SharePoint site and open the Gear menu to access the Change the look option
Then access the Navigation option and turn on the Site navigation visibility (if not yet turned on) and select the Horizontal setting
If you are using a modern SharePoint site, a new bar is going to appear on the left side to provide global navigation capabilities.
SharePoint Online has been there since the start of Office 365, initially based on SharePoint 2010, and then has evolved.
As you may know, you can customize the branding of your Office 365 tenant using your own logo and banner.