NavigationTitle placement changed in watchOS

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Created Jan ’24

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Prior to (I think) watchOS 10, my navigation title was at the top of the screen, vertically aligned with the time, to its left.

At some point (I think in watchOS 10) the navigation title became right-aligned and just below the clock. (I'm hiding the back button).

I've tried many variations in my SwiftUI code, but haven't been able to restore the original placement of the navigation title. This messed up the placement of my main content, so I've had to remove the navigation title on many of my app screens.

Does anyone know how to place the navigation title in the upper left as it used to be? This is just wasted space now.

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Answer 1

Frameworks Engineer OP

Apple

Jan ’24

This was an intentional design change in watchOS 10.

https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2023/10138

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Answer 2

CrewNerd OP

Jan ’24

Is there an approved way to get a page title in the upper left area of the display? I tried putting text in a toolbar, but the text briefly appears and then goes away.

Inside my TabView, I have...

                SettingsView(showFinish: true)
                    .tag(Tab.settings)
                    .toolbar {
                        ToolbarItemGroup(placement: .topBarLeading) {
                            Text("Settings")
                                .font(.subheadline)
                        }
                    }

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