@nativescript-community/ui-drawer
Easily add a side drawer (side menu) to your projects.
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@nativescript-community/ui-drawer

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Easily add a side drawer (side menu) to your projects.


iOS Demo Android Demo

Table of Contents

Installation

Run the following command from the root of your project:

ns plugin add @nativescript-community/ui-drawer

Configuration

For gestures to work, make sure to add the following code block inside the main application file (e.g. app.ts):

import { install } from '@nativescript-community/ui-drawer';
install();

API

Properties

Property Default Type Description
leftDrawer undefined View View containing the content for the left side drawer
rightDrawer undefined View View containing the content for the right side drawer
topDrawer undefined View View containing the content for the top side drawer
bottomDrawer undefined View View containing the content for the bottom side drawer
mainContent undefined View View containing the main content of the app
gestureEnabled true boolean Boolean setting if swipe gestures are enabled
backdropTapGestureEnabled true boolean Allow tapping the backdrop to close the drawer
backdropColor new Color('rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7)') Color The color of the backdrop behind the drawer
leftDrawerMode slide Mode ('under' or 'slide') The drawer's enter-animation behavior
rightDrawerMode slide Mode ('under' or 'slide') The drawer's enter-animation behavior
gestureMinDist 10 number The min "swipe" distance to trigger the menu gesture
gestureHandlerOptions null PanGestureHandlerOptions Options to customize the pan gesture handler
leftSwipeDistance 40 number The "left" zone size from where the gesture is recognized
rightSwipeDistance 40 number The "right" zone size from where the gesture is recognized
topSwipeDistance 40 number The "top" zone size from where the gesture is recognized
bottomSwipeDistance 40 number The "bottom" zone size from where the gesture is recognized
leftOpenedDrawerAllowDraging true boolean Allow dragging the opened menu
rightOpenedDrawerAllowDraging true boolean Allow dragging the opened menu
topOpenedDrawerAllowDraging true boolean Allow dragging the opened menu
bottomOpenedDrawerAllowDraging true boolean Allow dragging the opened menu

Methods

Name Return Description
open() void Programatically open the drawer
close() void Programatically close the drawer
toggle() void Programatically toggle the state of the drawer
install() void Install gestures

Events

Name Event Data Description
open side, duration Drawer opens
close side, duration Drawer closes

Usage in Angular

Import the module into your project.

import { DrawerModule } from "@nativescript-community/ui-drawer/angular";

@NgModule({
imports: [
DrawerModule
]
schemas: [
NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA
]
})

export class AppModule { }

Examples:

  • Basic Drawer
    • A basic sliding drawer.
  • All Sides
    • An example of drawers on all sides: left, right, top, bottom.

Usage in React

Register the plugin in your app.ts.

import DrawerElement from '@nativescript-community/ui-drawer/react';
DrawerElement.register();

Examples:

  • Basic Drawer
    • A basic sliding drawer.
  • All Sides
    • An example of drawers on all sides: left, right, top, bottom.

Usage in Svelte

Register the plugin in your app.ts.

import DrawerElement from '@nativescript-community/ui-drawer/svelte';
DrawerElement.register();

Examples:

  • Basic Drawer
    • A basic sliding drawer.
  • All Sides
    • An example of drawers on all sides: left, right, top, bottom.

Usage in Vue

Register the plugin in your app.js.

import DrawerPlugin from '@nativescript-community/ui-drawer/vue'
Vue.use(DrawerPlugin);

Examples:

  • Basic Drawer
    • A basic sliding drawer.
  • All Sides
    • An example of drawers on all sides: left, right, top, bottom.

Usage in Vue3

Register the plugin in your app.js.

import DrawerPlugin from '@nativescript-community/ui-drawer/vue3'

app.use(DrawerPlugin);

Examples:

  • Basic Drawer
    • A basic sliding drawer.
  • All Sides
    • An example of drawers on all sides: left, right, top, bottom.

Demos and Development

Repo Setup

The repo uses submodules. If you did not clone with --recursive then you need to call

git submodule update --init

The package manager used to install and link dependencies must be pnpm or yarn. npm wont work.

To develop and test: if you use yarn then run yarn if you use pnpm then run pnpm i

Interactive Menu:

To start the interactive menu, run npm start (or yarn start or pnpm start). This will list all of the commonly used scripts.

Build

npm run build.all

WARNING: it seems yarn build.all wont always work (not finding binaries in node_modules/.bin) which is why the doc explicitly uses npm run

Demos

npm run demo.[ng|react|svelte|vue].[ios|android]

npm run demo.svelte.ios # Example

Demo setup is a bit special in the sense that if you want to modify/add demos you dont work directly in demo-[ng|react|svelte|vue] Instead you work in demo-snippets/[ng|react|svelte|vue] You can start from the install.ts of each flavor to see how to register new demos

Contributing

Update repo

You can update the repo files quite easily

First update the submodules

npm run update

Then commit the changes Then update common files

npm run sync

Then you can run yarn|pnpm, commit changed files if any

Update readme

npm run readme

Update doc

npm run doc

Publish

The publishing is completely handled by lerna (you can add -- --bump major to force a major release) Simply run

npm run publish

modifying submodules

The repo uses https:// for submodules which means you won't be able to push directly into the submodules. One easy solution is t modify ~/.gitconfig and add

[url "ssh://[email protected]/"]
pushInsteadOf = https://github.com/

Questions

If you have any questions/issues/comments please feel free to create an issue or start a conversation in the NativeScript Community Discord.