Drawer

<wa-drawer>

Stable

Since 2.0

Drawers slide in from the edge of a container to expose additional options and information without navigating away. Useful for navigation menus, filters, and secondary content.

                  
  Drawers are great for showing additional content without leaving the current page.
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Open Drawer

<wa-drawer label="Drawer" id="drawer-overview">
  Drawers are great for showing additional content without leaving the current page.
  <wa-button slot="footer" variant="brand" data-drawer="close">Close</wa-button>
</wa-drawer>

<wa-button appearance="filled">Open Drawer</wa-button>

<script>
  const drawer = document.querySelector('#drawer-overview');
  const openButton = drawer.nextElementSibling;

  openButton.addEventListener('click', () => (drawer.open = true));
</script>

Examples

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Drawer without Header

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Headers are enabled by default. To render a drawer without a header, add the without-header attribute.

                  
  Look ma, no header!
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Open Drawer

<wa-drawer label="Drawer" without-header class="drawer-without-header">
  Look ma, no header!
  <wa-button slot="footer" variant="brand" data-drawer="close">Close</wa-button>
</wa-drawer>

<wa-button appearance="filled">Open Drawer</wa-button>

<script>
  const drawer = document.querySelector('.drawer-without-header');
  const openButton = drawer.nextElementSibling;

  openButton.addEventListener('click', () => (drawer.open = true));
</script>

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Footers can be used to display titles and more. Use the footer slot to add a footer to the drawer.

                  
  This drawer has a footer where you can put actions and other controls.
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Open Drawer

<wa-drawer label="Drawer" class="drawer-footer">
  This drawer has a footer where you can put actions and other controls.
  <wa-button slot="footer" variant="brand" data-drawer="close">Close</wa-button>
</wa-drawer>

<wa-button appearance="filled">Open Drawer</wa-button>

<script>
  const drawer = document.querySelector('.drawer-footer');
  const openButton = drawer.nextElementSibling;

  openButton.addEventListener('click', () => (drawer.open = true));
</script>

Opening and Closing Drawers Declaratively

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You can open and close drawers with JavaScript by toggling the open attribute, but you can also do it declaratively. Add the data-drawer="open id" to any button on the page, where id is the ID of the drawer you want to open.

                  
  This drawer was opened declaratively using a data attribute on the button.
  Close

Open Drawer

<wa-drawer label="Drawer" id="drawer-opening">
  This drawer was opened declaratively using a data attribute on the button.
  <wa-button slot="footer" variant="brand" data-drawer="close">Close</wa-button>
</wa-drawer>

<wa-button appearance="filled" data-drawer="open drawer-opening">Open Drawer</wa-button>

Similarly, you can add data-drawer="close" to a button inside of a drawer to tell it to close.

                  
  Click the button below to close this drawer — no JavaScript required!
  Close

Open Drawer

<wa-drawer label="Drawer" id="drawer-dismiss">
  Click the button below to close this drawer — no JavaScript required!
  <wa-button slot="footer" variant="brand" data-drawer="close">Close</wa-button>
</wa-drawer>

<wa-button appearance="filled" data-drawer="open drawer-dismiss">Open Drawer</wa-button>

Slide in From Start

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By default, drawers slide in from the end. To make the drawer slide in from the start, set the placement attribute to start.

                  
  This drawer slides in from the start.
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Open Drawer

<wa-drawer label="Drawer" placement="start" class="drawer-placement-start">
  This drawer slides in from the start.
  <wa-button slot="footer" variant="brand" data-drawer="close">Close</wa-button>
</wa-drawer>

<wa-button appearance="filled">Open Drawer</wa-button>

<script>
  const drawer = document.querySelector('.drawer-placement-start');
  const openButton = drawer.nextElementSibling;

  openButton.addEventListener('click', () => (drawer.open = true));
</script>

Slide in From Top

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To make the drawer slide in from the top, set the placement attribute to top.

                  
  This drawer slides in from the top.
  Close

Open Drawer

<wa-drawer label="Drawer" placement="top" class="drawer-placement-top">
  This drawer slides in from the top.
  <wa-button slot="footer" variant="brand" data-drawer="close">Close</wa-button>
</wa-drawer>

<wa-button appearance="filled">Open Drawer</wa-button>

<script>
  const drawer = document.querySelector('.drawer-placement-top');
  const openButton = drawer.nextElementSibling;

  openButton.addEventListener('click', () => (drawer.open = true));
</script>

Slide in From Bottom

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To make the drawer slide in from the bottom, set the placement attribute to bottom.

                  
  This drawer slides in from the bottom.
  Close

Open Drawer

<wa-drawer label="Drawer" placement="bottom" class="drawer-placement-bottom">
  This drawer slides in from the bottom.
  <wa-button slot="footer" variant="brand" data-drawer="close">Close</wa-button>
</wa-drawer>

<wa-button appearance="filled">Open Drawer</wa-button>

<script>
  const drawer = document.querySelector('.drawer-placement-bottom');
  const openButton = drawer.nextElementSibling;

  openButton.addEventListener('click', () => (drawer.open = true));
</script>

Custom Size

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Use the --size custom property to set the drawer's size. This will be applied to the drawer's width or height depending on its placement.

                  
  This drawer is always 50% of the viewport.
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Open Drawer

<wa-drawer label="Drawer" class="drawer-custom-size" style="--size: 50vw;">
  This drawer is always 50% of the viewport.
  <wa-button slot="footer" variant="brand" data-drawer="close">Close</wa-button>
</wa-drawer>

<wa-button appearance="filled">Open Drawer</wa-button>

<script>
  const drawer = document.querySelector('.drawer-custom-size');
  const openButton = drawer.nextElementSibling;

  openButton.addEventListener('click', () => (drawer.open = true));
</script>

Scrolling

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By design, a drawer's height will never exceed 100% of its container. As such, drawers will not scroll with the page to ensure the header and footer are always accessible to the user.

Scroll down and give it a try! 👇

Open Drawer

<wa-drawer label="Drawer" class="drawer-scrolling">
  <div style="height: 150vh; border: dashed 2px var(--wa-color-surface-border); padding: 0 1rem;">
    <p>Scroll down and give it a try! 👇</p>
  </div>
  <wa-button slot="footer" variant="brand" data-drawer="close">Close</wa-button>
</wa-drawer>

<wa-button appearance="filled">Open Drawer</wa-button>

<script>
  const drawer = document.querySelector('.drawer-scrolling');
  const openButton = drawer.nextElementSibling;

  openButton.addEventListener('click', () => (drawer.open = true));
</script>

Header Actions

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The header shows a functional close button by default. You can use the header-actions slot to add additional buttons if needed.

                  
  You can add custom actions to the header, like the button up there to open in a new window.
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Open Drawer

<wa-drawer label="Drawer" class="drawer-header-actions">
  <wa-button class="new-window" slot="header-actions" appearance="plain">
    <wa-icon name="arrow-up-right-from-square" variant="solid" label="Open in new window"></wa-icon>
  </wa-button>
  You can add custom actions to the header, like the button up there to open in a new window.
  <wa-button slot="footer" variant="brand" data-drawer="close">Close</wa-button>
</wa-drawer>

<wa-button appearance="filled">Open Drawer</wa-button>

<script>
  const drawer = document.querySelector('.drawer-header-actions');
  const openButton = drawer.nextElementSibling;
  const newWindowButton = drawer.querySelector('.new-window');

  openButton.addEventListener('click', () => (drawer.open = true));
  newWindowButton.addEventListener('click', () => window.open(location.href));
</script>

Light Dismissal

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If you want the drawer to close when the user clicks on the overlay, add the light-dismiss attribute.

                  
  This drawer will close when you click on the overlay.
  Close

Open Drawer

<wa-drawer label="Drawer" light-dismiss class="drawer-light-dismiss">
  This drawer will close when you click on the overlay.
  <wa-button slot="footer" variant="brand" data-drawer="close">Close</wa-button>
</wa-drawer>

<wa-button appearance="filled">Open Drawer</wa-button>

<script>
  const drawer = document.querySelector('.drawer-light-dismiss');
  const openButton = drawer.nextElementSibling;

  openButton.addEventListener('click', () => (drawer.open = true));
</script>

Preventing the Drawer from Closing

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By default, drawers will close when the user clicks the close button, clicks the overlay, or presses the Escape key. In most cases, the default behavior is the best behavior in terms of UX. However, there are situations where this may be undesirable, such as when data loss will occur.

To keep the drawer open in such cases, you can cancel the wa-hide event. When canceled, the drawer will remain open and pulse briefly to draw the user's attention to it.

You can use event.detail.source to determine what triggered the request to close. This example prevents the drawer from closing when the overlay is clicked, but allows the close button or Escape to dismiss it.

                  
  This drawer will only close when you click the button below.
  Close

Open Drawer

<wa-drawer label="Drawer" class="drawer-deny-close">
  This drawer will only close when you click the button below.
  <wa-button slot="footer" variant="brand" data-drawer="close">Close</wa-button>
</wa-drawer>

<wa-button appearance="filled">Open Drawer</wa-button>

<script>
  const drawer = document.querySelector('.drawer-deny-close');
  const openButton = drawer.nextElementSibling;
  const closeButton = drawer.querySelector('wa-button[slot="footer"]');

  openButton.addEventListener('click', () => (drawer.open = true));

  // Prevent the drawer from closing unless the close button is clicked
  drawer.addEventListener('wa-hide', event => {
    if (event.detail.source !== closeButton) {
      event.preventDefault();
    }
  });
</script>

Setting Initial Focus

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To give focus to a specific element when the drawer opens, use the autofocus attribute.

                  
  Close

Open Drawer

<wa-drawer label="Drawer" class="drawer-focus">
  <wa-input autofocus placeholder="I will have focus when the drawer is opened"></wa-input>
  <wa-button slot="footer" variant="brand" data-drawer="close">Close</wa-button>
</wa-drawer>

<wa-button appearance="filled">Open Drawer</wa-button>

<script>
  const drawer = document.querySelector('.drawer-focus');
  const input = drawer.querySelector('wa-input');
  const openButton = drawer.nextElementSibling;

  openButton.addEventListener('click', () => (drawer.open = true));
</script>

Importing

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If you're using the autoloader or a hosted project, components load on demand — no manual import needed. To cherry-pick a component manually, use one of the following snippets.

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Import this component directly from the CDN:

import 'https://ka-f.webawesome.com/[email protected]/components/drawer/drawer.js';

After installing Web Awesome via npm, import this component:

import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/drawer/drawer.js';

If you're self-hosting Web Awesome, import this component from your server:

import './webawesome/dist/components/drawer/drawer.js';

To import this component for React 18 or below, use the following code:

import WaDrawer from '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/react/drawer/index.js';

Slots

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Learn more about using slots.

Name	Description
(default)	The drawer's main content.
`footer`	The drawer's footer, usually one or more buttons representing various options.
`header-actions`	Optional actions to add to the header. Works best with `<wa-button>`.
`label`	The drawer's label. Alternatively, you can use the `label` attribute.

Attributes & Properties

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Learn more about attributes and properties.

Name	Description	Reflects
`css`	One or more CSSResultGroup to include in the component's shadow root. Host styles are automatically prepended. Type `CSSResultGroup \| undefined` Default `styles`
`label` `label`	The drawer's label as displayed in the header. You should always include a relevant label, as it is required for proper accessibility. If you need to display HTML, use the `label` slot instead. Type `string` Default `''`
`lightDismiss` `light-dismiss`	When enabled, the drawer will be closed when the user clicks outside of it. Type `boolean` Default `true`
`modal`	Exposes the internal modal utility that controls focus trapping. To temporarily disable focus trapping and allow third-party modals spawned from an active Shoelace modal, call `modal.activateExternal()` when the third-party modal opens. Upon closing, call `modal.deactivateExternal()` to restore Shoelace's focus trapping.
`open` `open`	Indicates whether or not the drawer is open. Toggle this attribute to show and hide the drawer. Type `boolean` Default `false`
`placement` `placement`	The direction from which the drawer will open. Type `'top' \| 'end' \| 'bottom' \| 'start'` Default `'end'`
`withFooter` `with-footer`	Only required for SSR. Set to `true` if you're slotting in a `footer` element so the server-rendered markup includes the footer before the component hydrates on the client. Type `boolean` Default `false`
`withoutHeader` `without-header`	Disables the header. This will also remove the default close button. Type `boolean` Default `false`

Events

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Learn more about events.

Name	Description
`wa-after-hide`	Emitted after the drawer closes and all animations are complete.
`wa-after-show`	Emitted after the drawer opens and all animations are complete.
`wa-hide`	Emitted when the drawer is requesting to close. Calling `event.preventDefault()` will prevent the drawer from closing. You can inspect `event.detail.source` to see which element caused the drawer to close. If the source is the drawer element itself, the user has pressed `Escape` or the drawer has been closed programmatically. Avoid using this unless closing the drawer will result in destructive behavior such as data loss.
`wa-show`	Emitted when the drawer opens.

CSS custom properties

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Learn more about CSS custom properties.

Name	Description
`--backdrop-filter`	A filter to apply to the backdrop behind the drawer. Default `none`
`--hide-duration`	The animation duration when hiding the drawer. Default `var(--wa-transition-normal)`
`--show-duration`	The animation duration when showing the drawer. Default `var(--wa-transition-normal)`
`--size`	The preferred size of the drawer. This will be applied to the drawer's width or height depending on its `placement`. Note that the drawer will shrink to accommodate smaller screens.
`--spacing`	The amount of space around and between the drawer's content.

CSS parts

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Learn more about CSS parts.

Name	Description	CSS selector
`body`	The drawer's body.	`::part(body)`
`close-button`	The close button, a `<wa-button>`.	`::part(close-button)`
`close-button__base`	The close button's exported `base` part.	`::part(close-button__base)`
`dialog`	The drawer's internal `<dialog>` element.	`::part(dialog)`
`footer`	The drawer's footer.	`::part(footer)`
`header`	The drawer's header. This element wraps the title and header actions.	`::part(header)`
`header-actions`	Optional actions to add to the header. Works best with `<wa-button>`.	`::part(header-actions)`
`title`	The drawer's title.	`::part(title)`

Dependencies

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This component automatically imports the following elements. Sub-dependencies, if any exist, will also be included in this list.

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Examples

Drawer without Header

Drawer with Footer

Opening and Closing Drawers Declaratively

Slide in From Start

Slide in From Top

Slide in From Bottom

Custom Size

Scrolling

Header Actions

Light Dismissal

Preventing the Drawer from Closing

Setting Initial Focus

Importing

Slots

Attributes & Properties

Events

CSS custom properties

CSS parts

Dependencies

Getting Started

Resources

Theming & Utilities

Components

Data Visualization Pro Data Visualization components require access to Web Awesome Pro

Form Controls

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Drawer

Examples

Drawer without Header

Drawer with Footer

Opening and Closing Drawers Declaratively

Slide in From Start

Slide in From Top

Slide in From Bottom

Custom Size

Scrolling

Header Actions

Light Dismissal

Preventing the Drawer from Closing

Setting Initial Focus

Importing

Slots

Attributes & Properties

Events

CSS custom properties

CSS parts

Dependencies