Object “drawer”

Object > NativeObject > Widget > Composite > ContentView > Drawer

A drawer that can be swiped in from the left edge of the screen. There’s only a single instance that can be accessed via tabris.drawer. The drawer is locked by default. To use it in an application, set the property enabled to true. The drawer can contain any kind of widgets.

Drawer on Android
Android
Drawer on iOS
iOS
Type: Drawer extends ContentView
Constructor: private
Singleton: drawer
Namespace: tabris
Direct subclasses: None
JSX Support: No

Examples

JavaScript

import {TextView, drawer} from 'tabris';

drawer
  .set({enabled: true})
  .append(new TextView({text: 'Drawer content'}));

See also:

JSX Simple example of using a Drawer
TSX Using a Drawer for app navigation

Methods

close()

Closes the drawer.

Returns: this

open()

Opens the drawer. It may be useful to call this method on first startup, so that users notice the drawer and its contents.

Returns: this

Properties

enabled

Controls whether the drawer can be opened and closed. When set to false, the drawer cannot be opened and calls to drawer.open() will be ignored.

Type: boolean
Default: false
Settable: Yes
Change Event: enabledChanged

Events

open

Fired when the drawer is opened and has reached its resting position.

EventObject Type: EventObject<Drawer>

This event has no additional parameter.

close

Fired when the drawer is closed and has reached its resting position.

EventObject Type: EventObject<Drawer>

This event has no additional parameter.

Change Events

enabledChanged

Fired when the enabled property has changed.

EventObject Type: PropertyChangedEvent<Drawer, boolean>

Property Type Description
value boolean The new value of enabled.