[Fixed] Create a Responsive Toolbar using Angular Material

Issue

I have created a toolbar using Angular Material. However, it is not responsive. How can I make the toolbar responsive?

Code for toolbar:

<md-toolbar color = "primary">
    <button md-button class="md-primary" [routerLink]="['/basic']"><md-icon class = "icon-20">home</md-icon> &nbsp;Angular Concepts</button>
    <button md-button [mdMenuTriggerFor]="bMenu">Basic Concepts</button>
    <md-menu #bMenu="mdMenu">
      <button md-menu-item [routerLink]="['/a4']">Angular Component</button>
      <button md-menu-item [routerLink]="['/cli ']">Angular CLI</button>
      <button md-menu-item [routerLink]="['/inout']">Event Emitters</button>
      <button md-menu-item [routerLink]="['/template']">Template Driven Forms</button>
      <button md-menu-item [routerLink]="['/reactive']">Data Driven Forms</button>
      <button md-menu-item [routerLink]="['/directives']">Angular Custom Directives</button>
      <button md-menu-item [routerLink]="['/pipes']">Custom Pipes</button>
      <button md-menu-item [routerLink]="['/viewchild']">View Child</button>
      <button md-menu-item [routerLink]="['/view']">View Encapsulation</button>
    </md-menu>

    <button md-button [mdMenuTriggerFor]="aMenu">Advanced Concepts</button>
    <md-menu #aMenu="mdMenu">
      <button md-menu-item [routerLink]="['/ngrx']">Angular Redux using ngrx/store</button>
      <button md-menu-item [routerLink]="['/guard']">Angular Guards</button>
      <button md-menu-item [routerLink]="['/host']">Host & Host-Context</button>
    </md-menu>

    <button md-button (click)="openDialog()">&nbsp;Contact Card</button>
  </md-toolbar>

Solution

Problem

You need a way to make your navigation bar responsive.

Solution

You can use Material Angular with ToolBar and Flex-Layout.

Example

npm install @angular/flex-layout --save

Example Angular Material Toolbar with Flex Layout.

<div style="height: 100vh;">

  <mat-toolbar color="primary">

    <span>Responsive Navigation</span>

    <span class="example-spacer"></span>

    <div fxShow="true" fxHide.lt-md="true">

      <!-- The following menu items will be hidden on both SM and XS screen sizes -->

      <a href="#" mat-button>Menu Item 1</a>

      <a href="#" mat-button>Menu Item 2</a>

      <a href="#" mat-button>Menu Item 3</a>

      <a href="#" mat-button>Menu Item 4</a>

      <a href="#" mat-button>Menu Item 5</a>

      <a href="#" mat-button>Menu Item 6</a>

    </div>

    <div fxShow="true" fxHide.gt-sm="true">

      <a href="#" (click)="sidenav.toggle()">Show Side Menu</a>

    </div>

  </mat-toolbar>

  <mat-sidenav-container fxFlexFill class="example-container">

    <mat-sidenav #sidenav fxLayout="column">

      <div fxLayout="column">

        <a (click)="sidenav.toggle()" href="#" mat-button>Close</a>

        <a href="#" mat-button>Menu Item 1</a>

        <a href="#" mat-button>Menu Item 2</a>

        <a href="#" mat-button>Menu Item 3</a>

        <a href="#" mat-button>Menu Item 4</a>

        <a href="#" mat-button>Menu Item 5</a>

        <a href="#" mat-button>Menu Item 6</a>

      </div>

    </mat-sidenav>

    <mat-sidenav-content fxFlexFill>Main content</mat-sidenav-content>

  </mat-sidenav-container>

</div>

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