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# NavigationViewStyle

A specification for the appearance and interaction of a navigation view.

```
protocol NavigationViewStyle
```

## Topics

### Getting built-in navigation view styles

[`automatic`](/documentation/SwiftUI/NavigationViewStyle/automatic)

The default navigation view style in the current context of the view
being styled.

[`columns`](/documentation/SwiftUI/NavigationViewStyle/columns)

A navigation view style represented by a series of views in columns.

[`stack`](/documentation/SwiftUI/NavigationViewStyle/stack)

A navigation view style represented by a view stack that only shows a single
top view at a time.

### Supporting types

[`DefaultNavigationViewStyle`](/documentation/SwiftUI/DefaultNavigationViewStyle)

The default navigation view style.

[`ColumnNavigationViewStyle`](/documentation/SwiftUI/ColumnNavigationViewStyle)

A navigation view style represented by a series of views in columns.

[`StackNavigationViewStyle`](/documentation/SwiftUI/StackNavigationViewStyle)

A navigation view style represented by a view stack that only shows a
single top view at a time.

[`DoubleColumnNavigationViewStyle`](/documentation/SwiftUI/DoubleColumnNavigationViewStyle)

A navigation view style represented by a primary view stack that navigates to a detail view.


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