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README
Slideout.js
A touch slideout navigation menu for your mobile web apps.
Features
- Dependency-free.
- Simple markup.
- Native scrolling.
- Easy customization.
- CSS transforms & transitions.
- Just 2 Kb! (min & gzip)
Demo
Check out the demo to see it in action (on your mobile or emulate touches on your browser).
Installation
Slideout is available on cdnjs
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/slideout/1.0.1/slideout.min.js"></script>
Also you can use one of many package managers
$ npm install slideout
$ spm install slideout
$ bower install slideout.js
$ component install mango/slideout
Usage
Implementing Slideout.js into your project is easy.
First of all, you'll need to create your markup. You should have a menu (#menu
) and a main content (#panel
) into your body.
<nav id="menu">
<header>
<h2>Menu</h2>
</header>
</nav>
<main id="panel">
<header>
<h2>Panel</h2>
</header>
</main>
Add the Slideout.js styles (index.css) in your web application.
body {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
.slideout-menu {
position: fixed;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
width: 256px;
min-height: 100vh;
overflow-y: scroll;
-webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
z-index: 0;
display: none;
}
.slideout-menu-left {
left: 0;
}
.slideout-menu-right {
right: 0;
}
.slideout-panel {
position: relative;
z-index: 1;
will-change: transform;
background-color: #FFF; /* A background-color is required */
min-height: 100vh;
}
.slideout-open,
.slideout-open body,
.slideout-open .slideout-panel {
overflow: hidden;
}
.slideout-open .slideout-menu {
display: block;
}
Then you just include Slideout.js, create a new instance with some options and call the toggle method:
<script src="dist/slideout.min.js"></script>
<script>
var slideout = new Slideout({
'panel': document.getElementById('panel'),
'menu': document.getElementById('menu'),
'padding': 256,
'tolerance': 70
});
// Toggle button
document.querySelector('.toggle-button').addEventListener('click', function() {
slideout.toggle();
});
</script>
Full example
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Slideout Demo</title>
<meta http-equiv="cleartype" content="on">
<meta name="MobileOptimized" content="320">
<meta name="HandheldFriendly" content="True">
<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">
<style>
body {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
.slideout-menu {
position: fixed;
left: 0;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
right: 0;
z-index: 0;
width: 256px;
overflow-y: scroll;
-webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
display: none;
}
.slideout-panel {
position: relative;
z-index: 1;
will-change: transform;
}
.slideout-open,
.slideout-open body,
.slideout-open .slideout-panel {
overflow: hidden;
}
.slideout-open .slideout-menu {
display: block;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<nav id="menu">
<h2>Menu</h2>
</nav>
<main id="panel">
<header>
<button class="toggle-button">☰</button>
<h2>Panel</h2>
</header>
</main>
<script src="dist/slideout.min.js"></script>
<script>
var slideout = new Slideout({
'panel': document.getElementById('panel'),
'menu': document.getElementById('menu'),
'padding': 256,
'tolerance': 70
});
// Toggle button
document.querySelector('.toggle-button').addEventListener('click', function() {
slideout.toggle();
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
Browser Support
- Chrome (IOS, Android, desktop)
- Firefox (Android, desktop)
- Safari (IOS, Android, desktop)
- Opera (desktop)
- IE 10+ (desktop and mobile)
API
Slideout(options)
Create a new instance of Slideout
.
options
(Object) - Options to customize a new instance of Slideout.options.panel
(HTMLElement) - The DOM element that contains all your application content (.slideout-panel
).options.menu
(HTMLElement) - The DOM element that contains your menu application (.slideout-menu
).[options.duration]
(Number) - The time (milliseconds) to open/close the slideout. Default:300
.[options.easing]
(String) - The CSS effect to use when animating the opening and closing of the slideout. Default:ease
. Possible values:ease
linear
ease-in
ease-out
ease-in-out
step-start
step-end
cubic-bezier
[options.padding]
(Number) - Default:256
.[options.tolerance]
(Number) - The number ofpx
needed for the menu can be opened completely, otherwise it closes. Default:70
.[options.touch]
(Boolean) - Set this option to false to disable Slideout touch events. Default:true
.[options.side]
(String) - The side to open the slideout (left
orright
). Default:left
.
var slideout = new Slideout({
'panel': document.getElementById('main'),
'menu': document.getElementById('menu'),
'padding': 256,
'tolerance': 70,
'easing': 'cubic-bezier(.32,2,.55,.27)'
});
Slideout.open();
Opens the slideout menu. It emits beforeopen
and open
events.
slideout.open();
Slideout.close();
Closes the slideout menu. It emits beforeclose
and close
events.
slideout.close();
Slideout.toggle();
Toggles (open/close) the slideout menu.
slideout.toggle();
Slideout.isOpen();
Returns true
if the slideout is currently open, and false
if it is closed.
slideout.isOpen(); // true or false
Slideout.destroy();
Cleans up the instance so another slideout can be created on the same area.
slideout.destroy();
Slideout.enableTouch();
Enables opening the slideout via touch events.
slideout.enableTouch();
Slideout.disableTouch();
Disables opening the slideout via touch events.
slideout.disableTouch();
Slideout.on(event, listener);
slideout.on('open', function() { ... });
Slideout.once(event, listener);
slideout.once('open', function() { ... });
Slideout.off(event, listener);
slideout.off('open', listener);
Slideout.emit(event, ...data);
slideout.emit('open');
Events
An instance of Slideout emits the following events:
beforeclose
close
beforeopen
open
translatestart
translate
translateend
The slideout emits translatestart
, translate
and translateend
events only when it is opening/closing via touch events.
slideout.on('translatestart', function() {
console.log('Start');
});
slideout.on('translate', function(translated) {
console.log('Translate: ' + translated); // 120 in px
});
slideout.on('translateend', function() {
console.log('End');
});
// 'Start'
// 'Translate 120'
// 'End'
data-slideout-ignore
attribute
You can use the special HTML attribute data-slideout-ignore
to disable dragging on some elements. For example, if you have to prevent slideout
will open when touch on carousels, maps, iframes, etc.
<main id="panel">
<header>
<h2>Panel</h2>
</header>
<div id="carousel" data-slideout-ignore>
<h2>Carousel</h2>
...
</div>
</main>
npm-scripts
$ npm run build
$ npm run dist
$ npm test
$ npm run hint
FAQ
How to add a toggle button.
// vanilla js
document.querySelector('.toggle-button').addEventListener('click', function() {
slideout.toggle();
});
// jQuery
$('.toggle-button').on('click', function() {
slideout.toggle();
});
How to open slideout from right side.
You should use the side
option with the value right
.
var slideout = new Slideout({
'panel': document.getElementById('content'),
'menu': document.getElementById('menu'),
'side': 'right'
});
How to enable slideout only on mobile devices.
You should use mediaqueries
:
@media screen and (min-width: 780px) {
.slideout-panel {
margin-left: 256px;
}
.slideout-menu {
display: block;
}
.btn-hamburger {
display: none;
}
}
Demo: http://codepen.io/pazguille/pen/mEdQvX
How to use slideout with a fixed header.
First, you should define the styles for your fixed header:
.fixed-header {
position: fixed;
width: 100%;
height: 50px;
backface-visibility: hidden;
z-index: 2;
background-color: red;
}
Then, using slideout's events you should translate the fixed header:
var fixed = document.querySelector('.fixed-header');
slideout.on('translate', function(translated) {
fixed.style.transform = 'translateX(' + translated + 'px)';
});
slideout.on('beforeopen', function () {
fixed.style.transition = 'transform 300ms ease';
fixed.style.transform = 'translateX(256px)';
});
slideout.on('beforeclose', function () {
fixed.style.transition = 'transform 300ms ease';
fixed.style.transform = 'translateX(0px)';
});
slideout.on('open', function () {
fixed.style.transition = '';
});
slideout.on('close', function () {
fixed.style.transition = '';
});
Demo: http://codepen.io/pazguille/pen/ZBxdgw
How to disable dragging on some elements.
You can use the attribute data-slideout-ignore
to disable dragging on some elements:
<nav id="menu">
<header>
<h2>Menu</h2>
</header>
</nav>
<main id="panel">
<header>
<h2>Panel</h2>
</header>
<div id="carousel" data-slideout-ignore>
<h2>Carousel</h2>
...
</div>
</main>
How to add an overlay to close the menu on click.
You can do that using the powerful slideout
API and a little extra CSS:
.panel:before {
content: '';
display: block;
background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0);
transition: background-color 0.5s ease-in-out;
}
.panel-open:before {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
width: 100%;
background-color: rgba(0,0,0,.5);
z-index: 99;
}
function close(eve) {
eve.preventDefault();
slideout.close();
}
slideout
.on('beforeopen', function() {
this.panel.classList.add('panel-open');
})
.on('open', function() {
this.panel.addEventListener('click', close);
})
.on('beforeclose', function() {
this.panel.classList.remove('panel-open');
this.panel.removeEventListener('click', close);
});
Demo: http://codepen.io/pazguille/pen/BQYRYK
With :heart: by
- Guille Paz (Front-end developer | Web standards lover)
- E-mail: [email protected]
- Twitter: @pazguille
- Web: http://pazguille.me
License
MIT license. Copyright © 2015 Mango.
*Note that all licence references and agreements mentioned in the Slideout README section above
are relevant to that project's source code only.