Initializing
Any content can be used as a sidebar by adding the class ui sidebar
and initializing the menu in javascript.
Usage
Showing a sidebar
A sidebar can be shown, hidden, or toggled. In the following examples sidebar is used in conjunction with ui menu to display a vertical menu as a sidebar.
Triggering show/hide with other content
For convenience calling attach events will allow you to bind events. By default this will toggle the sidebar in and out of view on click
Triggering custom action with other content
You can also however specify what action should occur when the element is clicked
Variations
Floating
A sidebar can appear floating above content
Direction
A sidebar can appear on any side of content
Overlay
A sidebar can overlay page content instead of pushing it to the side
Behavior
All the following behaviors can be called using the syntax$('.foo').sidebar('behavior name', argumentOne, argumentTwo)
attach events(selector, event) | Attaches sidebar action to given selector. Default event if none specified is toggle |
show | Shows sidebar |
hide | Hides sidebar |
toggle | Toggles visibility of sidebar |
is open | Returns whether sidebar is open |
is closed | Returns whether sidebar is closed |
push page | Pushes page content to be visible alongside sidebar |
get direction | Returns direction of current sidebar |
pull page | Returns page content to original position |
add body css | Adds stylesheet to page head to trigger sidebar animations |
remove body css | Removes any inline stylesheets for sidebar animation |
get transition event | Returns vendor prefixed transition end event |
Settings
Transition Settings
Form settings modify the transition behavior
Setting | Default | Description |
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overlay | false | Whether sidebar should overlay page instead of pushing page to the side |
useCSS | true | Whether to use css animations or fallback javascript animations |
duration | 300 | Duration of side bar animation |
DOM Settings
DOM settings specify how this module should interface with the DOM
Setting | Default | Description |
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namespace | sidebar | Event namespace. Makes sure module teardown does not effect other events attached to an element. |
className |
className: {
active : 'active',
pushed : 'pushed',
top : 'top',
left : 'left',
right : 'right',
bottom : 'bottom'
}
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Class names used to attach style to state |
Debug Settings
Debug settings controls debug output to the console
Setting | Default | Description |
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name | Sidebar | Name used in debug logs |
debug | True | Provides standard debug output to console |
performance | True | Provides standard debug output to console |
verbose | True | Provides ancillary debug output to console |
errors |
error : {
method : 'The method you called is not defined.',
notFound : 'There were no elements that matched the specified selector'
}
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