Dynamic NavMenu

Question

I am trying to implement the default NavMenu.razor with a number of NavLinks where one of the items is not visible by default. It should only become visible after an authenticated user belonging to a specific role condition is true. My code snippet is below. It seems a challenge of refreshing the navmenu. I have attempted implementing StateHasChanged() at various points without success. Kindly advise.

@if (authService.isinTargetRole)

{

<NavLink class="nav-link" href="targetPage")>

    <span class="bi bi-plus-square-fill-nav-menu" aria-hidden="true"></span> Target Page

</NavLink>

} else

{

<NavLink class="nav-link" href="targetPage" hidden>

    <span class="bi bi-plus-square-fill-nav-menu" aria-hidden="true"></span> Target Page

</NavLink>                

}

Answer 1

for the NavMenu to re-render, you need to trigger a state change for the component. your code could update one of its properties, or your nav component could register an event handler for authentication state change, and then trigger a state change for the component when the authentication state changes.

Answer 2

Hi Onyango, David,

The re-rendering issue you're experiencing with your NavMenu.razor not reflecting changes in authService.IsInTargetRole is indeed frequently tied to the Blazor component lifecycle. The possible reasons this could happen are:

The value of authService.IsInTargetRole may not be updating as expected, or it may not hold the correct value when the component re-renders.

The method StateHasChanged() that forces Blazor to re-render might not be called at the opportune moment after authService.IsInTargetRole has been updated.

Here is an example of where to implement StateHasChanged() after authentication:

private async Task<bool> LoginAsync()
{
    // Implement your login logic here
    bool isAuthenticated = await authService.Authenticate();
    StateHasChanged(); // Trigger re-render after authentication, you can add a breakpoint here
    return isAuthenticated;
}

To diagnose this, I would strongly recommend setting debug breakpoints at key points in your code—specifically where authService.IsInTargetRole is set and where you expect StateHasChanged() to be called during login. By tracing these points, you can definitively determine whether the issue lies with the data itself or with the re-rendering mechanism.

Hope this solution helps! If not, kindly provide further details of your implementation.

Answer 3

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