ng-icon-sidebar

An Angular sidebar component which displays a dock for icons when closed.

Try out the demo on StackBlitz.

Installation

npm install --save ng-icon-sidebar

Usage

Add SidebarModule to your app module:

import { SidebarModule } from 'ng-icon-sidebar';
 
@NgModule({
  bootstrap: [AppComponent],
  declarations: [AppComponent],
  imports: [BrowserModule, SidebarModule.forRoot()],
})
class AppModule {}

In your app component, simply add a <ng-icon-sidebar> wrapper, then place your content within it.

@Component({
  selector: 'app',
  template: `
    <!-- Container for sidebar content. -->
    <ng-icon-sidebar>
      Sidebar contents...
    </ng-icon-sidebar>
  `
})
class AppComponent {}

Behavior

The sidebar opens and closes based on UI events. It is designed to open when the user:

• moves the mouse onto the sidebar
• touches the sidebar
• tabs into the sidebar

Specifically, the sidebar will open on the following events:

• A mouseenter event bubbles up to the sidebar element's <aside> element.
• A focusin event bubbles up to the sidebar element's <aside> element.

The sidebar is designed to close when the user:

• moves the mouse out of the sidebar
• touches the part of the screen outside of the sidebar
• tabs out of the sidebar

Specifically, the sidebar will close on the following events:

• A mouseleave event bubbles up to the sidebar element's <aside> element when none of the sidebar's contents have keyboard focus. (It tracks keyboard focus via focusin and focusout events.)
• A focusout event bubbles up to the sidebar element's <aside> element when the mouse is outside of the <aside>. (It tracks mouse presence via mouseenter and mouseleave events.)

Thus you can progamatically open and close the sidebar by dispatching these events from within the sidebar's contents.

Properties

The sidebar component has a single, read-only property.

Styling

The sidebar exposes a few CSS classes for convenient styling.

Development

This project was generated with Angular CLI version 6.2.4.

Development server

Run ng serve for a dev server. Navigate to http://localhost:4200/. The app will automatically reload if you change any of the source files.

Build

Run ng build to build the project. The build artifacts will be stored in the dist/ directory. Use the --prod flag for a production build.

Running unit tests

Run ng test to execute the unit tests via Karma.

Further help

To get more help on the Angular CLI use ng help or go check out the Angular CLI README.