Open and close the Angular Sidebar component

7 Jan 20255 minutes to read

Opening and closing the Sidebar can be achieved using built-in public methods.

• show(): Method to open the Sidebar.
• hide(): Method to close the Sidebar.
• toggle(): Method to toggle between the open and close states of the Sidebar.

In the following sample, the toggle method has been used to show or hide the Sidebar on button click.

app.component.ts

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { SidebarModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-navigations'




import { Component, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { SidebarComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-navigations';

@Component({
imports: [SidebarModule, ],


standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    styleUrls: ['./app.component.css'],
    template: `  <ejs-sidebar id="default-sidebar" #sidebar (open)="open($event)" (close)="close($event)">
                        <div class="title"> Sidebar content</div>
                        <div class="sub-title">
                            Click the button to close the Sidebar.
                        </div>
                        <div class="center-align">
                            <button ejs-button id="close" (click)="closeClick()" class="e-btn close-btn">Close Sidebar</button>
                        </div>
                    </ejs-sidebar>
                    <div>
                        <div>
                            <div class="title">Main content</div>
                            <div class="sub-title"> Click the button to Open the Sidebar.
                                <div style="padding:20px" class="center-align">
                                    <button ejs-button id="open" class="e-btn e-info" (click)="openClick()">Open Sidebar</button>
                                </div>

                            </div>
                            <div class="sub-title"> Click the button to open/close the Sidebar.
                                <div style="padding:20px" class="center-align">
                                    <button ejs-button id="toggle" class="e-btn e-info" (click)="toggleClick()">Toggle Sidebar</button>
                                </div>

                            </div>
                        </div>
                    </div>`
})
export class AppComponent {
    @ViewChild('sidebar') sidebar?: SidebarComponent;
    public open(args: any) {
       console.log("Sidebar Opened");
    }
    public close(args: any) {
        console.log("Sidebar Closed");
    }
    openClick() {
        this.sidebar?.show();
    }
    toggleClick() {
        this.sidebar?.toggle();
    }
    closeClick() {
        this.sidebar?.hide();
    }
}

styles.css

@import 'node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css';
@import 'node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-angular-base/styles/material.css';
@import 'node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-angular-navigations/styles/material.css';
@import 'node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons/styles/material.css';
@import 'node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-angular-lists/styles/material.css';

main.ts

import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));