---
layout: layouts/page.njk
title: Sidebar
description: A composable, themeable and customizable sidebar component.
toc:
  - label: Usage
    id: usage
    children:
      - label: HTML + JavaScript
        id: usage-html-js
        children:
          - label: "Step 1: Include the JavaScript files"
            id: usage-html-js-1
          - label: "Step 2: Add your sidebar HTML"
            id: usage-html-js-2
          - label: HTML structure
            id: usage-html-js-3
      - label: Jinja and Nunjucks
        id: usage-macro
---

{% from "macros/code_block.njk" import code_block %}
{% from "sidebar.njk" import sidebar %}

<h2 id="usage"><a href="#usage">Usage</a></h2>

<h3 id="usage-html-js"><a href="#usage-html-js">HTML + JavaScript</a></h3>

<h4 id="usage-html-js-1"><a href="#usage-html-js-1">Step 1: Include the JavaScript files</a></h4>

<section class="prose">
  <p>You can either <a href="/installation/#install-cdn-all">include the JavaScript file for all the components</a>, or just the one for this component by adding this to the <code>&lt;head&gt;</code> of your page:</p>
</section>

{% set code_script %}<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/basecoat-css@{{ site.version }}/dist/js/select.min.js" defer></script>{% endset %}
{{ code_block(code_script | prettyHtml, "html") }}

<div class="flex flex-wrap gap-2 my-6">
  <a class="badge-outline" href="/installation/#install-js">
    Components with JavaScript
    {% lucide "arrow-right" %}
  </a>
  <a class="badge-outline" href="/installation/#install-cli">
    Use the CLI
    {% lucide "arrow-right" %}
  </a>
  <a class="badge-outline" href="https://github.com/hunvreus/basecoat/blob/main/src/js/sidebar.js" target="_blank">
    sidebar.js
    {% lucide "arrow-right" %}
  </a>
</div>

<h4 id="usage-html-js-2"><a href="#usage-html-js-2">Step 2: Add your sidebar HTML</a></h4>

{% set code_html %}
{% set icon_square_terminal %}{% lucide "square-terminal" %}{% endset %}
{% set icon_bot %}{% lucide "bot" %}{% endset %}
{% set icon_settings %}{% lucide "settings" %}{% endset %}
{% set menu = [
  { type: "group", label: "Getting started", items: [
    { label: "Playground", url: "#", icon: icon_square_terminal },
    { label: "Models", url: "#", icon: icon_bot },
    { label: "Settings", type: "submenu", icon: icon_settings, items: [
      { label: "General", url: "#" },
      { label: "Team", url: "#" },
      { label: "Billing", url: "#" },
      { label: "Limits", url: "#" }
    ] }
  ]}
] %}
{{ sidebar(
  label="Sidebar navigation",
  content_attrs={
    "class": "scrollbar"
  },
  menu=menu
) }}
<main>
  <button type="button" onclick="window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('sidebar:toggle'))">Toggle sidebar</button>
  <h1>Content</h1>
</main>
{% endset %}
{{ code_block(code_html | prettyHtml, "html") }}

<section class="prose">
  <p>To use a sidebar, you will need the sidebar itself and a sibling container for the content of the page (e.g. <code>&lt;main&gt;</code>), with the following structure for the sidebar:</p>

  <ul>
    <li>A <code>&lt;div class="sidebar"&gt;</code> which wraps around the entire component and holds it state (e.g. open/close). It accepts an optional <code>data-side</code> set to <code>left</code>, or <code>right</code> to specify the side of the sidebar (defaults to <code>left</code>).</li>
    <li>A <code>&lt;nav&gt;</code> that contains the actual sidebar with the following children:
      <ul>
        <li>A <code>&lt;header&gt;</code> and <code>&lt;footer&gt;</code> for the header and footer of the sidebar (fixed position).</li>
        <li>A <code>&lt;section&gt;</code> for the main navigation list. To add links, you <b>must</b> wrap them in a <code>&lt;div role="group"&gt;</code> first. These groups can contain <code>&lt;h3"&gt;</code> for group headings and lists (i.e. <code>&lt;ul&gt;</code>) of links or buttons. You can also use <code>&lt;details&gt;</code> to wrap around collapsbile sections.</li>
      </ul>
    </li>
  </ul>

  <p>Any elememt on the page can toggle, open or close the sidebar by dispatching the <code>sidebar:toggle</code>, <code>sidebar:open</code> or <code>sidebar:close</code> events.</p>

  <p>You can include the JavaScript code provided below, load it as an individual file or use the CLI. Some Alpine.js properties are also required on certain elements (e.g. <code class="text-xs">x-bind</code>, <code class="text-xs">x-data</code>, <code class="text-xs">@click</code>).</p>
</section>

<h4 id="usage-html-js-3"><a href="#usage-html-js-3">HTML structure</a></h4>

<section class="prose">
  <dl>
    <dt><code class="highlight language-html">&lt;aside class="sidebar" aria-hidden="false"&gt;</code></dt>
    <dd>Wraps around the entire component. It can have the following attributes:
      <ul>
        <li><code>aria-hidden="true"</code>: controls the default state of the sidebar (hidden or visible).</li>
        <li><code>data-side="left"</code>: specifies the side of the sidebar (<code>left</code> or <code>right</code>, defaults to <code>left</code>).</li>
      </ul>
    </dd>
      <dl>
        <dt><code class="highlight language-html">&lt;nav&gt;</code></dt>
        <dd>
          <p>The navigation element that contains the sidebar's content. It can have the following attributes:</p>
          <ul>
            <li><code>id="{BUTTON_ID}"</code>: linked to by the <code>aria-labelledby</code> attribute of the listbox.</li>
            <li><code>aria-haspopup="menu"</code>: indicates that the button opens a menu.</li>
            <li><code>aria-controls="{ MENU_ID }"</code>: points to the menu's id.</li>
            <li><code>aria-expanded="false"</code>: tracks the popover's state.</li>
          </ul>
          <dl>
            <dt><code class="highlight language-html">&lt;header&gt;</code> <span class="badge-secondary">Optional</span></dt>
            <dd>The header of the sidebar.</dd>
            <dt><code class="highlight language-html">&lt;section&gt;</code></dt>
            <dd>The main navigation list.
              <dl>
                <dt><code class="highlight language-html">&lt;div role="group"&gt;</code></dt>
                <dd>Group of options, can have a <code>aria-labelledby</code> attribute to link to a heading.</dd>
                <dt><code class="highlight language-html">&lt;span role="heading"&gt;</code></dt>
                <dd>Group heading, must have an <code>id</code> attribute if you use the <code>aria-labelledby</code> attribute on the group.</dd>
                <dt><code class="highlight language-html">&lt;ul&gt;</code></dt>
                <dd>List of links or buttons.
                  <dl>
                    <dt><code class="highlight language-html">&lt;li&gt;</code></dt>
                    <dd>Individual item.
                      <dl>
                        <dt><code class="highlight language-html">&lt;a&gt;</code></dt>
                        <dd>A link. By default, clicking on a link will close the sidebar on mobile unless the <code>data-keep-mobile-sidebar-open</code> attribute is present.</dd>
                        <dt><code class="highlight language-html">&lt;button&gt;</code></dt>
                        <dd>A button. By default, clicking on a button will close the sidebar on mobile unless the <code>data-keep-mobile-sidebar-open</code> attribute is present.</dd>
                        <dt><code class="highlight language-html">&lt;details&gt;</code></dt>
                        <dd>Collapsible section.
                          <dl>
                            <dt><code class="highlight language-html">&lt;summary&gt;</code></dt>
                            <dd>Summary of the collapsible section.</dd>
                            <dt><code class="highlight language-html">&lt;ul&gt;</code></dt>
                            <dd>List of links or buttons.</dd>
                          </dl>
                        </dd>
                      </dl>
                    </dd>
                  </dl>
                </dd>
              </dl>
            </dd>
            <dt><code class="highlight language-html">&lt;footer&gt;</code> <span class="badge-secondary">Optional</span></dt>
            <dd>The footer of the sidebar.</dd>
          </dl>
        </dd>
      </dl>
    </dd>
    <dt><code class="highlight language-html">&lt;main&gt;</code></dt>
    <dd>A wrapper for the content of the page.</dd>
    <dt><code class="highlight language-html">&lt;button type="button" onclick="window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('sidebar:toggle'))"&gt;</code></dt>
    <dd>A button to toggle the sidebar. If you want to use multiple sidebars you will need to add unique ids to the sidebars (i.e. <code>&lt;aside class="sidebar" id="{SIDEBAR_ID}"&gt;</code>) and refer to them in the event <code>detail</code> (i.e. <code>window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('sidebar:toggle', { detail: { id: '{SIDEBAR_ID}' } }));</code>).</dd>
  </dl>
</section>

<h3 id="usage-macro"><a href="#usage-macro">Jinja and Nunjucks</a></h3>

<div class="prose">
  <p>You can use the <code class="relative rounded bg-muted px-[0.3rem] py-[0.2rem] font-mono text-xs">sidebar()</code> Nunjucks or Jinja macro for this component.</p>
</div>

<div class="flex flex-wrap gap-2 my-6">
  <a class="badge-outline" href="/installation/#install-macros" target="_blank">
    Use Nunjucks or Jinja macros
    {% lucide "arrow-right" %}
  </a>
  <a class="badge-outline" href="https://github.com/hunvreus/basecoat/blob/main/src/jinja/sidebar.html.jinja" target="_blank">
    Jinja macro
    {% lucide "arrow-right" %}
  </a>
  <a class="badge-outline" href="https://github.com/hunvreus/basecoat/blob/main/src/nunjucks/sidebar.njk" target="_blank">
    Nunjucks macro
    {% lucide "arrow-right" %}
  </a>
</div>

{% set raw_code %}{% raw %}{% set menu = [
  { type: "group", label: "Getting started", items: [
    { label: "Playground", url: "#" },
    { label: "Models", url: "#" },
    { label: "Settings", type: "submenu", items: [
      { label: "General", url: "#" },
      { label: "Team", url: "#" },
      { label: "Billing", url: "#" },
      { label: "Limits", url: "#" }
    ] }
  ]}
] %}

{{ sidebar(
  label="Sidebar navigation",
  menu=menu
) }}
<main>
  <h1>Content</h1>
</main>
{% endraw %}{% endset%}
{{ code_block(raw_code, "jinja") }}