Sidenav

Bootstrap 5 Sidenav component

The side navigation component provides an easy way to navigate through your website. Its appearance & behaviour are easily adjustable with data-mdb-attributes and methods - additional functionality such as touch events and focus trap (in an over mode) are available out of the box.

Note: Read the API tab to find all available options and advanced customization

MDB 5 - Bootstrap 5 & Material Design

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Required ES init: Sidenav *
* UMD autoinits are enabled by default. This means that you don't need to initialize the component manually. However if you are using MDBootstrap ES format then you should pass the required components to the initMDB method.
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Basic example

In the basic version, the side navigation will appear over your website's content after clicking on a toggler.

Note: Use show and hide methods to toggle navigation with JavaScript.

Note: Adding the show class to a sidenav collapse element will expand this category on render.

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Positioning

While using the side and push modes, you can specify the selector for your page's content - this way, the component will automatically update paddings and margins. To customize this behaviour in a non-standard way, use a combination of media queries & update.mdb.sidenav event

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Colors example

Setting the color attribute will change the background and font color of active/hovered links and categories.

Note: This option works for MDB 5 main colors - primary, secondary, warning, danger, success, info, dark and light.

Select color:

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Inner scroll

Passing a selector of an inner element to the scrollContainer option will initialize MDB scrollbar only on this container (by default it's initialized on the sidenav's main element).

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Menu item scroll

You can use custom styles and our Scrollbar to add inner scroll for menu items.

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Slim example

You can hide/show elements in the slim mode by setting data-mdb-slim attribute on them - depending on value they will be either visible only in a slim or an expanded mode. Elements without this attribute will appear in both modes.

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Accordion example

Using accordion option will allow expanding only one category at once.

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Groups

You can use more than one menu inside the side navigation - in this case, accordions will be independent of one another.

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Right

Place the navigation on the other side by setting the right attribute to true.

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Full-screen examples

The following examples show various settings of the side navigation component in a full-screen mode.

1. Basic side navigation

Click the toggler to show the navigation (over mode).

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2. Side navigation with a mode transition

Resize the window to change the mode from side to over.

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3. Slim side navigation (dark)

Non-expandable slim sidenav with a dark background and custom width.

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4. MDB Navigation

Navigation template based on MDB documentation with the following settings:

  • Hidden on screens smaller then 1400px
  • padding-left: 240px added via CSS to the header and main on the screens larger then 1400px to push the content out of the sidenav area
  • Sidenav toggler added to the Navbar and hidden on screen larger then 1400px
  • On screens smaller then 1400px sidenav mode changes from side to over.
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Sidenav small and with categories

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