---
title: "NavigationRailItem"
description: "A NavigationRailItem always shows text labels (if it exists) when selected. Showing text labels
if not selected is controlled by `alwaysShowLabel`."
type: "component"
---

<div class='type'>Composable Component</div>



A NavigationRailItem always shows text labels (if it exists) when selected. Showing text labels
if not selected is controlled by `alwaysShowLabel`.

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


```kotlin
@Composable
fun NavigationRailItem(
    selected: Boolean,
    onClick: () -> Unit,
    icon: @Composable () -> Unit,
    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
    enabled: Boolean = true,
    label: @Composable (() -> Unit)? = null,
    alwaysShowLabel: Boolean = true,
    interactionSource: MutableInteractionSource? = null,
    selectedContentColor: Color = MaterialTheme.colors.primary,
    unselectedContentColor: Color = LocalContentColor.current.copy(alpha = ContentAlpha.medium),
)
```


#### Parameters

| | |
| --- | --- |
| selected | whether this item is selected (active) |
| onClick | the callback to be invoked when this item is selected |
| icon | icon for this item, typically this will be an `Icon` |
| modifier | optional `Modifier` for this item |
| enabled | controls the enabled state of this item. When `false`, this item will not be clickable and will appear disabled to accessibility services. |
| label | optional text label for this item |
| alwaysShowLabel | whether to always show the label for this item. If false, the label will only be shown when this item is selected. |
| interactionSource | an optional hoisted `MutableInteractionSource` for observing and emitting `Interaction`s for this item. You can use this to change the item's appearance or preview the item in different states. Note that if `null` is provided, interactions will still happen internally. |
| selectedContentColor | the color of the text label and icon when this item is selected, and the color of the ripple. |
| unselectedContentColor | the color of the text label and icon when this item is not selected |