Bootstrap 3 Slide in Menu / Navbar on Mobile [closed]

I am building a browser-based mobile app and I've decided to use Bootstrap 3 as the css framework for the design. Bootstrap 3 comes with a great "responsive" feature in the navigation bar where it collapses automatically if it detects a specific "break point" regarding the resolution of the browser. It works in a lot of situations.

But have you noticed lately how a lot of browser-based mobile apps have the primary navigation hidden out of the left of the screen, and when the toggle icon is pressed (toggled) in the top-right corner, the primary navigation slides out to the right about 2/3 of the way into the screen? This is an increasingly popular solution for navigating through browser-based apps on mobile devices and I think in theory it should be pretty easy to modify bootstrap css/js to accommodate this version of the navigation collapse feature.

How can these feature be implemented? It seems like it shouldn't take too much modification. I'd really like to hear your thoughts/solutions on this matter. Also, I think it would be a great long-term solution for Bootstrap to implement as a built-in feature.

Unfortunately I have not made any attempts to create this feature because while I am familiar with these technologies, I am predominantly a PHP/MySQL developer and I believe a feature as useful as this should be built by experts with insight that I don't have as a front-end developer.

Solution 1:

This was for my own project and I'm sharing it here too.

DEMO: http://jsbin.com/OjOTIGaP/1/edit

This one had trouble after 3.2, so the one below may work better for you:

https://jsbin.com/seqola/2/edit --- BETTER VERSION, slightly

CSS

/* adjust body when menu is open */
body.slide-active {
    overflow-x: hidden
}
/*first child of #page-content so it doesn't shift around*/
.no-margin-top {
    margin-top: 0px!important
}
/*wrap the entire page content but not nav inside this div if not a fixed top, don't add any top padding */
#page-content {
    position: relative;
    padding-top: 70px;
    left: 0;
}
#page-content.slide-active {
    padding-top: 0
}
/* put toggle bars on the left :: not using button */
#slide-nav .navbar-toggle {
    cursor: pointer;
    position: relative;
    line-height: 0;
    float: left;
    margin: 0;
    width: 30px;
    height: 40px;
    padding: 10px 0 0 0;
    border: 0;
    background: transparent;
}
/* icon bar prettyup - optional */
#slide-nav .navbar-toggle > .icon-bar {
    width: 100%;
    display: block;
    height: 3px;
    margin: 5px 0 0 0;
}
#slide-nav .navbar-toggle.slide-active .icon-bar {
    background: orange
}
.navbar-header {
    position: relative
}
/* un fix the navbar when active so that all the menu items are accessible */
.navbar.navbar-fixed-top.slide-active {
    position: relative
}
/* screw writing importants and shit, just stick it in max width since these classes are not shared between sizes */
@media (max-width:767px) { 
    #slide-nav .container {
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0!important;
    }
    #slide-nav .navbar-header {
        margin: 0 auto;
        padding: 0 15px;
    }
    #slide-nav .navbar.slide-active {
        position: absolute;
        width: 80%;
        top: -1px;
        z-index: 1000;
    }
    #slide-nav #slidemenu {
        background: #f7f7f7;
        left: -100%;
        width: 80%;
        min-width: 0;
        position: absolute;
        padding-left: 0;
        z-index: 2;
        top: -8px;
        margin: 0;
    }
    #slide-nav #slidemenu .navbar-nav {
        min-width: 0;
        width: 100%;
        margin: 0;
    }
    #slide-nav #slidemenu .navbar-nav .dropdown-menu li a {
        min-width: 0;
        width: 80%;
        white-space: normal;
    }
    #slide-nav {
        border-top: 0
    }
    #slide-nav.navbar-inverse #slidemenu {
        background: #333
    }
    /* this is behind the navigation but the navigation is not inside it so that the navigation is accessible and scrolls*/
    #slide-nav #navbar-height-col {
        position: fixed;
        top: 0;
        height: 100%;
        width: 80%;
        left: -80%;
        background: #eee;
    }
    #slide-nav.navbar-inverse #navbar-height-col {
        background: #333;
        z-index: 1;
        border: 0;
    }
    #slide-nav .navbar-form {
        width: 100%;
        margin: 8px 0;
        text-align: center;
        overflow: hidden;
        /*fast clearfixer*/
    }
    #slide-nav .navbar-form .form-control {
        text-align: center
    }
    #slide-nav .navbar-form .btn {
        width: 100%
    }
}
@media (min-width:768px) { 
    #page-content {
        left: 0!important
    }
    .navbar.navbar-fixed-top.slide-active {
        position: fixed
    }
    .navbar-header {
        left: 0!important
    }
}

HTML

 <div class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-fixed-top" role="navigation" id="slide-nav">
  <div class="container">
   <div class="navbar-header">
    <a class="navbar-toggle"> 
      <span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
      <span class="icon-bar"></span>
      <span class="icon-bar"></span>
      <span class="icon-bar"></span>
     </a>
    <a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Project name</a>
   </div>
   <div id="slidemenu">
     
          <form class="navbar-form navbar-right" role="form">
            <div class="form-group">
              <input type="search" placeholder="search" class="form-control">
            </div>
            <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Search</button>
          </form>
     
    <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
     <li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
     <li><a href="#about">About</a></li>
     <li><a href="#contact">Contact</a></li>
     <li class="dropdown"> <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Dropdown <b class="caret"></b></a>
      <ul class="dropdown-menu">
       <li><a href="#">Action</a></li>
       <li><a href="#">Another action</a></li>
       <li><a href="#">Something else here</a></li>
       <li class="divider"></li>
       <li class="dropdown-header">Nav header</li>
       <li><a href="#">Separated link</a></li>
       <li><a href="#">One more separated link</a></li>
       <li><a href="#">Action</a></li>
       <li><a href="#">Another action</a></li>
       <li><a href="#">Something else here</a></li>
       <li class="divider"></li>
       <li class="dropdown-header">Nav header</li>
       <li><a href="#">Separated link</a></li>
       <li><a href="#">One more separated link</a></li>
       <li><a href="#">Action</a></li>
       <li><a href="#">Another action</a></li>
       <li><a href="#">Something else here</a></li>
       <li class="divider"></li>
       <li class="dropdown-header">Nav header</li>
       <li><a href="#">Separated link test long title goes here</a></li>
       <li><a href="#">One more separated link</a></li>
      </ul>
     </li>
    </ul>
          
   </div>
  </div>
 </div>

jQuery

$(document).ready(function () {


    //stick in the fixed 100% height behind the navbar but don't wrap it
    $('#slide-nav.navbar .container').append($('<div id="navbar-height-col"></div>'));

    // Enter your ids or classes
    var toggler = '.navbar-toggle';
    var pagewrapper = '#page-content';
    var navigationwrapper = '.navbar-header';
    var menuwidth = '100%'; // the menu inside the slide menu itself
    var slidewidth = '80%';
    var menuneg = '-100%';
    var slideneg = '-80%';


    $("#slide-nav").on("click", toggler, function (e) {

        var selected = $(this).hasClass('slide-active');

        $('#slidemenu').stop().animate({
            left: selected ? menuneg : '0px'
        });

        $('#navbar-height-col').stop().animate({
            left: selected ? slideneg : '0px'
        });

        $(pagewrapper).stop().animate({
            left: selected ? '0px' : slidewidth
        });

        $(navigationwrapper).stop().animate({
            left: selected ? '0px' : slidewidth
        });


        $(this).toggleClass('slide-active', !selected);
        $('#slidemenu').toggleClass('slide-active');


        $('#page-content, .navbar, body, .navbar-header').toggleClass('slide-active');


    });


    var selected = '#slidemenu, #page-content, body, .navbar, .navbar-header';


    $(window).on("resize", function () {

        if ($(window).width() > 767 && $('.navbar-toggle').is(':hidden')) {
            $(selected).removeClass('slide-active');
        }


    });

});

Solution 2:

Bootstrap 5 Beta 3 (update 2021)

Introducing the new Bootstrap 5 Offcanvas Component

Bootstrap 4

Create a responsive navbar sidebar "drawer" in Bootstrap 4?
Bootstrap horizontal menu collapse to sidemenu

Bootstrap 3

I think what you're looking for is generally known as an "off-canvas" layout. Here is the standard off-canvas example from the official Bootstrap docs: http://getbootstrap.com/examples/offcanvas/

The "official" example uses a right-side sidebar the toggle off and on separately from the top navbar menu. I also found these off-canvas variations that slide in from the left and may be closer to what you're looking for..

http://www.bootstrapzero.com/bootstrap-template/off-canvas-sidebar http://www.bootstrapzero.com/bootstrap-template/facebook