Web Components Navigation Drawer Overview

    The Ignite UI for Web Components Navigation Drawer provides side navigation that can be expanded or collapsed within the content. A mini version provides quick access to navigation even when closed. Its content is completely customizable while also providing default menu item styling.

    Web Components Navigation Drawer Example

    This sample demonstrates how to create IgcNavDrawerComponent component.

    Usage

    First, you need to install the Ignite UI for Web Components by running the following command:

    npm install igniteui-webcomponents

    import { defineComponents, IgcNavDrawerComponent } from 'igniteui-webcomponents';

defineComponents(IgcNavDrawerComponent);

    For a complete introduction to the Ignite UI for Web Components, read the Getting Started topic.

    Adding Navigation Drawer Items

    The simplest way to start using the IgcNavDrawerComponent is as follows:

    <igc-nav-drawer open="true">
    <igc-nav-drawer-header-item>
        Sample Drawer
    </igc-nav-drawer-header-item>
    <igc-nav-drawer-item>
        <igc-icon slot="icon" name="home"></igc-icon>
        <span slot="content">Home</span>
    </igc-nav-drawer-item>
    <igc-nav-drawer-item>
        <igc-icon slot="icon" name="search"></igc-icon>
        <span slot="content">Search</span>
    </igc-nav-drawer-item>
</igc-nav-drawer>

    If all went well, you should see the following in your browser:

    While any content can be provided in the drawer, the IgcNavDrawerItemComponent is available to apply out-of-the-box styling to the items.

    To enhance our component a bit, we can use it in conjunction with the IgcNavbarComponent. This way we can achieve a more completed look and use the drawer's methods. Let's look at how we can use this in the next example:

    <igc-navbar>
  <igc-icon slot="start" name="menu" id="menu"></igc-icon>
  <h2>Home</h2>
</igc-navbar>

<igc-nav-drawer id="navDrawer">
    <igc-nav-drawer-header-item>
        Sample Drawer
    </igc-nav-drawer-header-item>
    <igc-nav-drawer-item>
        <igc-icon slot="icon" name="home"></igc-icon>
        <span slot="content">Home</span>
    </igc-nav-drawer-item>
    <igc-nav-drawer-item>
        <igc-icon slot="icon" name="search"></igc-icon>
        <span slot="content">Search</span>
    </igc-nav-drawer-item>
</igc-nav-drawer>

    Let's also add some radio buttons to display all position values. This way whenever one gets selected, we will change the position of the drawer.

    // ...
import { defineComponents, IgcNavDrawerComponent, IgcRadioComponent, IgcRadioGroupComponent } from 'igniteui-webcomponents';

defineComponents(IgcNavDrawerComponent, IgcRadioComponent, IgcRadioGroupComponent);
this.navDrawer = document.getElementById('navDrawer') as IgcNavDrawerComponent;
this.radioGroup = document.getElementById('radio-group') as IgcRadioGroupComponent;
this.radioGroup.addEventListener('click', (radio: any) => {
    this.navDrawer.position = radio.target.value;
});

    <igc-radio-group id="radio-group" alignment="horizontal">
    <igc-radio name="position" value="start" label-position="after" checked>Start</igc-radio>
    <igc-radio name="position" value="end" label-position="after">End</igc-radio>
    <igc-radio name="position" value="top" label-position="after">Top</igc-radio>
    <igc-radio name="position" value="bottom" label-position="after">Bottom</igc-radio>
</igc-radio-group>

    And finally, we need a way to open and close our navigation drawer. There are a couple of ways to achieve this, but for the sake of this example we will do the following:

    // ...
const menu = document.getElementById('menu');
const navDrawer = document.querySelector('igc-nav-drawer') as IgcNavDrawerComponent;

menu!.addEventListener('click', () => {
    navDrawer.show();
})

document.getElementById('root')!.onclick = (e) => {
    if (e.target != document.getElementById('navDrawer')) {
        navDrawer.hide();
    }
}

    If all goes well, your component should now look like this:

    Mini Variant

    With the mini variant, the Navigation Drawer changes its width instead of closing. It is used to maintain quick navigation, available at all times, leaving just the icons. To achieve that, you only need to set up the mini slot of the drawer.

    <igc-nav-drawer position="start">
    <igc-nav-drawer-header-item>Sample Drawer</igc-nav-drawer-header-item>
    <igc-nav-drawer-item>
        <igc-icon slot="icon" name="home"></igc-icon>
        <span slot="content">Home</span>
    </igc-nav-drawer-item>
    <igc-nav-drawer-item>
        <igc-icon slot="icon" name="search"></igc-icon>
        <span slot="content">Search</span>
    </igc-nav-drawer-item>
    <div slot="mini">
        <igc-nav-drawer-item>
            <igc-icon slot="icon" name="home"></igc-icon>
        </igc-nav-drawer-item>
        <igc-nav-drawer-item>
            <igc-icon slot="icon" name="search"></igc-icon>
        </igc-nav-drawer-item>
    </div>
</igc-nav-drawer>

    And here's the result:

    Styling the Navigation Drawer

    The navigation drawer component exposes several CSS parts - base, main, and mini. The navigation drawer item component exposes three CSS parts as well - base, icon and content, giving you full control over their styling.

    igc-nav-drawer::part(base) {
    background: #2d313a;
}

igc-nav-drawer-item::part(base) {
    color: #fff;
}

igc-nav-drawer-item::part(base):hover {
    background-color: #3D4149;
}

igc-nav-drawer-item[active]::part(base) {
    background: #f3c03e;
    color: #2c2c2c
}

igc-nav-drawer-header-item {
    color: #f3c03e
}

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