Open and close the Sidebar in EJ2 JavaScript Sidebar control

28 Jan 20259 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 open and close states of the Sidebar.

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

ej.base.enableRipple(true);

//Sidebar initialization
var defaultSidebar= new ej.navigations.Sidebar({
    showBackdrop: false,
    open:function(e)
    {
        console.log("Sidebar is opened");
    },
    close: function(e)
    {
       console.log("Sidebar is closed");
    }
});
defaultSidebar.appendTo('#default');
//end of Sidebar initialization

// Open the Sidebar
document.querySelector('#open').addEventListener('click', () => {
    defaultSidebar.show();
})

// Toggle(Open/Close) the Sidebar
document.getElementById('toggle').onclick = function() {
    defaultSidebar.toggle();
};

// Close the Sidebar
document.getElementById('close').onclick = function() {
    defaultSidebar.hide();
};
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 Sidebar</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-beta.3/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.2.4/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.2.4/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.2.4/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.2.4/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.2.4/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id="container">
        <!-- Sidebar element declaration-->
        <aside id="default">
            <div class="title"> Sidebar content</div>
            <div class="sub-title">
                Click the button to close the Sidebar.
            </div>
            <div class="center-align">
                <button id="close" class="e-btn close-btn">Close Sidebar</button>
            </div>
        </aside>
        <!-- end of Sidebar element -->
        <!-- main content declaration -->
        <div>
            <div class="title">Main content</div>
            <div class="sub-title"> Click the button to Open the Sidebar.</div>
            <div style="padding:20px" class="center-align">
                <button id="open" class="e-btn e-info">Open Sidebar</button>
            </div>
            <div class="sub-title"> Click the button to open/close the Sidebar.</div>
            <div style="padding:20px" class="center-align">
                <button id="toggle" class="e-btn e-info">Toggle Sidebar</button>
            </div>
        </div>
        <!--end of main content declaration -->
    </div>
    <script>
        var ele = document.getElementById('container');
        if (ele) {
            ele.style.visibility = "visible";
        }   
    </script>
    <script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <style>
        #close,
        #close:hover,
        #close:active,
        #close:focus {
            /* csslint allow: adjoining-classes*/
            background: #fafafa;
            color: black
        }

        .header {
            width: 100%;
            height: 40px;
            font-size: 20px;
            line-height: 40px;
            font-weight: 500;
            background: #eee;
            display: inline-block;
        }

        .center-align {
            text-align: center;
            padding: 20px;
        }

        .title {
            text-align: center;
            font-size: 20px;
            padding: 15px;
        }

        .sub-title {
            text-align: center;
            font-size: 16px;
            padding: 10px;
        }

        .center {
            text-align: center;
            display: none;
            font-size: 13px;
            font-weight: 400;
            margin-top: 20px;
        }

        #default {
            background-color: rgb(25, 118, 210);
            color: #ffffff;
        }

        .close-btn:hover {
            color: #fafafa;
        }
    </style>
</body>

</html>
#container {
  visibility: hidden;
}

#loader {
  color: #008cff;
  height: 40px;
  width: 30%;
  position: absolute;
  top: 45%;
  left: 45%;
}