@material/drawer

What is @material/drawer?

@material/drawer is a Material Design implementation of a drawer component, which is used to create navigational sidebars in web applications. It provides a consistent and customizable way to implement drawers that can be either permanent, dismissible, or modal.

What are @material/drawer's main functionalities?

Permanent Drawer

A permanent drawer is always visible and typically used for navigation in desktop applications. The code sample shows how to initialize a permanent drawer using the @material/drawer package.

import { MDCPermanentDrawer } from '@material/drawer';

const drawer = MDCPermanentDrawer.attachTo(document.querySelector('.mdc-drawer--permanent'));

Dismissible Drawer

A dismissible drawer can be toggled open or closed by the user. This type of drawer is typically used in responsive web applications. The code sample demonstrates how to initialize and toggle a dismissible drawer.

import { MDCDismissibleDrawer } from '@material/drawer';

const drawer = MDCDismissibleDrawer.attachTo(document.querySelector('.mdc-drawer--dismissible'));
const drawerOpenButton = document.querySelector('.drawer-open-button');
drawerOpenButton.addEventListener('click', () => drawer.open = !drawer.open);

Modal Drawer

A modal drawer overlays the content and is typically used for mobile applications. The code sample shows how to initialize and open a modal drawer using the @material/drawer package.

import { MDCModalDrawer } from '@material/drawer';

const drawer = MDCModalDrawer.attachTo(document.querySelector('.mdc-drawer--modal'));
const drawerOpenButton = document.querySelector('.drawer-open-button');
drawerOpenButton.addEventListener('click', () => drawer.open = true);

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README

MDC Drawer

The MDC Drawer component is a spec-aligned drawer component adhering to the Material Design navigation drawer pattern. It implements permanent and temporary drawers. Permanent drawers are CSS-only and require no JavaScript, whereas temporary drawers require JavaScript to function, in order to respond to user interaction.

Installation

npm install --save @material/drawer

Permanent drawer usage

A permanent drawer is always open, sitting to the side of the content. It is appropriate for any display size larger than mobile.

TODO(sgomes): Give advice on how to hide permanent drawer in mobile.

<nav class="mdc-permanent-drawer mdc-typography">
  <div class="mdc-permanent-drawer__toolbar-spacer"></div>
  <div class="mdc-permanent-drawer__content">
    <nav id="icon-with-text-demo" class="mdc-list">
      <a class="mdc-list-item mdc-permanent-drawer--selected" href="#">
        <i class="material-icons mdc-list-item__start-detail" aria-hidden="true">inbox</i>Inbox
      </a>
      <a class="mdc-list-item" href="#">
        <i class="material-icons mdc-list-item__start-detail" aria-hidden="true">star</i>Star
      </a>
    </nav>
  </div>
</nav>
<div>
  Toolbar and page content go inside here.
</div>

In the example above, we've set the drawer above the toolbar, and are using a toolbar spacer to ensure that it is presented correctly, with the correct amount of space to match the toolbar height. Note that you can place content inside the toolbar spacer.

Permanent drawers can also be set below the toolbar:

<div>Toolbar goes here</div>

<div class="content">
  <nav class="mdc-permanent-drawer mdc-typography">
    <nav id="icon-with-text-demo" class="mdc-list">
      <a class="mdc-list-item mdc-permanent-drawer--selected" href="#">
        <i class="material-icons mdc-list-item__start-detail" aria-hidden="true">inbox</i>Inbox
      </a>
      <a class="mdc-list-item" href="#">
        <i class="material-icons mdc-list-item__start-detail" aria-hidden="true">star</i>Star
      </a>
    </nav>
  <main>
    Page content goes here.
  </main>
</div>

CSS classes:

Class	Description
mdc-permanent-drawer	Mandatory. Needs to be set on the root element of the component.
mdc-permanent-drawer__content	Mandatory. Needs to be set on the container node for the drawer content.
mdc-permanent-drawer__toolbar-spacer	Optional. Add to node to provide the matching amount of space for toolbar.

Temporary drawer usage

A temporary drawer is usually closed, sliding out at a higher elevation than the content when opened. It is appropriate for any display size.

<aside class="mdc-temporary-drawer mdc-typography">
  <nav class="mdc-temporary-drawer__drawer">
    <header class="mdc-temporary-drawer__header">
      <div class="mdc-temporary-drawer__header-content">
        Header here
      </div>
    </header>
    <nav id="icon-with-text-demo" class="mdc-temporary-drawer__content mdc-list">
      <a class="mdc-list-item mdc-temporary-drawer--selected" href="#">
        <i class="material-icons mdc-list-item__start-detail" aria-hidden="true">inbox</i>Inbox
      </a>
      <a class="mdc-list-item" href="#">
        <i class="material-icons mdc-list-item__start-detail" aria-hidden="true">star</i>Star
      </a>
      </a>
    </nav>
  </nav>
</aside>

let drawer = new mdc.drawer.MDCTemporaryDrawer(document.querySelector('.mdc-temporary-drawer'));
document.querySelector('.menu').addEventListener('click', () => drawer.open = true);

Headers and toolbar spacers

Temporary drawers can use toolbar spacers, headers, or neither.

A toolbar spacer adds to the drawer the same amount of space that the toolbar takes up in your application. This is very useful for visual alignment and consistency. Note that you can place content inside the toolbar spacer.

<aside class="mdc-temporary-drawer mdc-typography">
  <nav class="mdc-temporary-drawer__drawer">

    <div class="mdc-temporary-drawer__toolbar-spacer"></div>

    <nav id="icon-with-text-demo" class="mdc-temporary-drawer__content mdc-list">
      <a class="mdc-list-item mdc-temporary-drawer--selected" href="#">
        <i class="material-icons mdc-list-item__start-detail" aria-hidden="true">inbox</i>Inbox
      </a>
      <a class="mdc-list-item" href="#">
        <i class="material-icons mdc-list-item__start-detail" aria-hidden="true">star</i>Star
      </a>
      </a>
    </nav>
  </nav>
</aside>

A header, on the other hand, is a large rectangular area that maintains a 16:9 ratio. It's often used for user account selection. It uses an outer mdc-temporary-drawer__header for positioning, with an inner mdc-temporary-drawer__header-content for placing the actual content, which will be bottom-aligned.

<aside class="mdc-temporary-drawer mdc-typography">
  <nav class="mdc-temporary-drawer__drawer">

    <header class="mdc-temporary-drawer__header">
      <div class="mdc-temporary-drawer__header-content">
        Header content goes here
      </div>
    </header>

    <nav id="icon-with-text-demo" class="mdc-temporary-drawer__content mdc-list">
      <a class="mdc-list-item mdc-temporary-drawer--selected" href="#">
        <i class="material-icons mdc-list-item__start-detail" aria-hidden="true">inbox</i>Inbox
      </a>
      <a class="mdc-list-item" href="#">
        <i class="material-icons mdc-list-item__start-detail" aria-hidden="true">star</i>Star
      </a>
      </a>
    </nav>
  </nav>
</aside>

CSS classes:

Class	Description
mdc-temporary-drawer	Mandatory. Needs to be set on the root element of the component.
mdc-temporary-drawer__drawer	Mandatory. Needs to be set on the container node for the drawer content.
mdc-temporary-drawer__content	Optional. Should be set on the list of items inside the drawer.
mdc-temporary-drawer__toolbar-spacer	Optional. Add to node to provide the matching amount of space for toolbar.
mdc-temporary-drawer__header	Optional. Add to container node to create a 16:9 drawer header.
mdc-temporary-drawer__header-content	Optional. Add to content node inside mdc-temporary-drawer__header.

Using the JS Component

MDC Temporary Drawer ships with a Component / Foundation combo which allows for frameworks to richly integrate the correct drawer behaviors into idiomatic components.

Including in code

ES2015

import {MDCTemporaryDrawer, MDCTemporaryDrawerFoundation} from 'mdc-drawer';

CommonJS

const mdcDrawer = require('mdc-drawer');
const MDCTemporaryDrawer = mdcDrawer.MDCTemporaryDrawer;
const MDCTemporaryDrawerFoundation = mdcDrawer.MDCTemporaryDrawerFoundation;

AMD

require(['path/to/mdc-drawer'], mdcDrawer => {
  const MDCTemporaryDrawer = mdcDrawer.MDCTemporaryDrawer;
  const MDCTemporaryDrawerFoundation = mdcDrawer.MDCTemporaryDrawerFoundation;
});

Global

const MDCTemporaryDrawer = mdc.drawer.MDCTemporaryDrawer;
const MDCTemporaryDrawerFoundation = mdc.drawer.MDCTemporaryDrawerFoundation;

Automatic Instantiation

If you do not care about retaining the component instance for the temporary drawer, simply call attachTo() and pass it a DOM element.

mdc.drawer.MDCTemporaryDrawer.attachTo(document.querySelector('.mdc-temporary-drawer'));

Manual Instantiation

Temporary drawers can easily be initialized using their default constructors as well, similar to attachTo.

import {MDCTemporaryDrawer} from 'mdc-drawer';

const drawer = new MDCTemporaryDrawer(document.querySelector('.mdc-temporary-drawer'));

Using the Foundation Class

MDC Temporary Drawer ships with an MDCTemporaryDrawerFoundation class that external frameworks and libraries can use to integrate the component. As with all foundation classes, an adapter object must be provided. The adapter for temporary drawers must provide the following functions, with correct signatures:

Method Signature	Description
addClass(className: string) => void	Adds a class to the root element.
removeClass(className: string) => void	Removes a class from the root element.
hasClass(className: string) => boolean	Returns boolean indicating whether element has a given class.
hasNecessaryDom() => boolean	Returns boolean indicating whether the necessary DOM is present (namely, the mdc-temporary-drawer__drawer drawer container).
registerInteractionHandler(evt: string, handler: EventListener) => void	Adds an event listener to the root element, for the specified event name.
deregisterInteractionHandler(evt: string, handler: EventListener) => void	Removes an event listener from the root element, for the specified event name.
registerDrawerInteractionHandler(evt: string, handler: EventListener) => void	Adds an event listener to the drawer container sub-element, for the specified event name.
deregisterDrawerInteractionHandler(evt: string, handler: EventListener) => void	Removes an event listener from drawer container sub-element, for the specified event name.
registerTransitionEndHandler(handler: EventListener) => void	Registers an event handler to be called when a transitionend event is triggered on the drawer container sub-element element.
deregisterTransitionEndHandler(handler: EventListener) => void	Deregisters an event handler from a transitionend event listener. This will only be called with handlers that have previously been passed to registerTransitionEndHandler calls.
registerDocumentKeydownHandler(handler: EventListener) => void	Registers an event handler on the document object for a keydown event.
deregisterDocumentKeydownHandler(handler: EventListener) => void	Deregisters an event handler on the document object for a keydown event.
getDrawerWidth() => number	Returns the current drawer width, in pixels.
setTranslateX(value: number) => void	Sets the current position for the drawer, in pixels from the border.
updateCssVariable(value: string) => void	Sets a CSS custom property, for controlling the current background opacity when manually dragging the drawer.
getFocusableElements() => NodeList	Returns the node list of focusable elements inside the drawer.
saveElementTabState(el: Element) => void	Saves the current tab index for the element in a data property.
restoreElementTabState(el: Element) => void	Restores the saved tab index (if any) for an element.
makeElementUntabbable(el: Element) => void	Makes an element untabbable.
isRtl() => boolean	Returns boolean indicating whether the current environment is RTL.
isDrawer(el: Element) => boolean	Returns boolean indicating whether the provided element is the drawer container sub-element.