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Drawer

Overview​

Drawers are used to support supplementary information on the left and right side of a screen.


Drawer types​

There are four types of drawers: permanent, dismissible, modal, and mini.

1. Permanent​

Recommended for desktop. Persistently visible and pinned to the edge, at the same elevation as the content or background.

2. Dismissible​

Recommended for desktop. Visible by default and pinned to the edge, at the same elevation as the content or background.

3. Modal​

Recommended to be used in combination with a dismissible drawer, where the dismissible drawer is used at desktop sizes and the modal drawer is used at tablet and mobile sizes.

4. Mini​

Recommended for desktop when the main content is extra wide.


Variations​

Drawers can be used to support different types of content: 1. Navigation drawers 2. Filter sidesheets 3. Detail panels

1. Navigation drawer​

Display on the left by default. Learn more about navigation drawers.

Anatomy of a navigation drawer.

2. Filter sidesheet​

May display on the left or right. Learn more about filter sidesheets.

Default filter sidesheet on desktop

3. Detail panel​

A detail panel may show addiitonal information about a record or section. Detail panels generally display to the right on desktop and display as an overlay from the right on mobile devices.

Example of a detail panel.


Components​

The navigation drawer is used with:

For apps with fewer than five primary destinations, use:

Recipes​

Patterns​