---
title: "navigationBars"
description: "These insets represent where system UI places navigation bars. Interactive UI should avoid the
navigation bars area."
type: "property"
---

<div class='type'>Property</div>


<a id='references'></a>

<div class='sourceset sourceset-common'>Common</div>


```kotlin
expect val WindowInsets.Companion.navigationBars: WindowInsets
```


These insets represent where system UI places navigation bars. Interactive UI should avoid the
navigation bars area.



<div class='sourceset sourceset-android'>Android</div>


```kotlin
actual val WindowInsets.Companion.navigationBars: WindowInsets
```


For the `WindowInsetsCompat.Type.navigationBars`. These insets represent where system UI places
navigation bars. Interactive UI should avoid the navigation bars area.