# WinForms NavigationView Overview

As of **R2 2022 SP1** Telerik UI for WinForms suite offers a standalone **RadNavigationView** control. It provides a collapsible navigation pane that helps implement the hamburger menu pattern and automatically adapts the pane's display mode to different control sizes. The idea of the control is to be a top-level container and to contain all the controls and views that would be typically placed on a form. The menu pane is for navigation between different views and is not meant to contain actions.

> note RadNavigationView actually represents a [RadPageView](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/pageview/overview) with already applied ViewMode to NavigationView. The whole API that is available for the PageViewMode.NavigationView is also valid for RadNavigationView.

![WinForms RadNavigationView Overview](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/10268f1733564f524af72ed8294ee213/navigationview-overview001.gif)

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## Key Features

* Extensibility, scalability and ease of use. With the similar semantic that lies behind RadPageView, it is very easy with RadNavigationView to create custom views over a collection of pages.

* Hierarchy support. [Read more](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/navigationview/hierarchy-support)

* Different [DisplayModes](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/navigationview/display-modes) the developer to choose from:
  * **Minimal**
  * **Compact**
  * **Expanded**
  * **Auto**

## Telerik UI for WinForms Learning Resources

* [Telerik UI for WinForms  Homepage](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/navigationview.aspx)
* [Get Started with the Telerik UI for WinForms ](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/navigationview/getting-started)
* [Telerik UI for WinForms API Reference](https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/winforms/api/)
* [Getting Started with Telerik UI for WinForms Components](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/getting-started/first-steps)
* [Telerik UI for WinForms Virtual Classroom (Training Courses for Registered Users)](https://learn.telerik.com/learn/course/external/view/elearning/17/TelerikUIforWinForms)
* [Telerik UI for WinForms Forum](https://www.telerik.com/forums/winforms)
* [Telerik UI for WinForms Knowledge Base](https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/winforms/knowledge-base)

## Telerik UI for WinForms Additional Resources

* [Telerik UI for WinForms Product Overview](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms.aspx)
* [Telerik UI for WinForms Blog](https://www.telerik.com/blogs/desktop-winforms)
* [Telerik UI for WinForms Videos](https://www.telerik.com/videos/product/winforms)
* [Telerik UI for WinForms Roadmap](https://www.telerik.com/support/whats-new/winforms/roadmap)
* [Telerik UI for WinForms Pricing](https://www.telerik.com/purchase/individual/winforms.aspx)
* [Telerik UI for WinForms Code Library](https://www.telerik.com/support/code-library/winforms)
* [Telerik UI for WinForms Support](https://www.telerik.com/support/winforms)
* [What’s New in Telerik UI for WinForms](https://www.telerik.com/support/whats-new/winforms)

## See Also

* [Navigation View](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/pageview/navigation-view/overview)
* [Getting Started](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/navigationview/getting-started)
* [Structure](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/navigationview/structure)