Hybrid Drawer HtmlHelper Overview

The hybrid Telerik UI Drawer HtmlHelper for ASP.NET MVC is a server-side wrapper for the hybrid Kendo UI Drawer widget.

The Drawer provides a slide to reveal the global mobile application toolbox or navigation.

• Demo page for the Drawer

Basic Configuration

1. Create a new ASP.NET MVC 5 application. If you have installed the Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC Visual Studio Extensions, create a Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC application. If you decide not to use the Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC Visual Studio Extensions, follow the steps from the introductory article to add Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC to the application.

2. Open HomeController.cs and modify the Index action method.

   public ActionResult Index()
   {
       return View();
   }
   

3. Add the default application view. By default, the Drawer is revealed at the left side when swiping from left to right.

   @(Html.Kendo().MobileView()
       .Name("drawer-view")
       .Title("Deleted Items")
       .Content(obj =>
           Html.Kendo().MobileListView()
               .Items(items =>
               {
                   items.Add().Icon("trash").Text("Untitled message 4");
                   items.Add().Icon("trash").Text("Untitled message 5");
               })
       )
   )
   

4. Add a hybrid Drawer to the Index view.

   @(Html.Kendo().MobileDrawer()
       .Name("my-drawer")
       .HtmlAttributes(new { style = "width: 270px" })
       .Views("drawer-home") // A list of the view ids on which the Drawer will appear.
       .Content(obj =>
           Html.Kendo().MobileListView().Type("group")
               .Items(root => {
                   root.Add().Text("Tasks").Items(items =>
                   {
                       items.Add().Text("To Do");
                       items.Add().Text("In Progress");
                       items.Add().Text("Done");
                       items.Add().Text("High Priority");
                       items.Add().Text("Low Priority");
                   });
   
                   root.Add().Text("Account").Items(items =>
                   {
                       items.Add().Icon("wrench").Text("Settings");
                       items.Add().Icon("off").Text("Log Out");
                   });
               })
       )
   )
   

5. Initialize the mobile application.

   @(Html.Kendo().MobileApplication()
       .ServerNavigation(true)
   )
   

6. Build and run the application.

Events

You can subscribe to all hybrid Drawer events.

The following example demonstrates how to subscribe to events by a handler name.

@(Html.Kendo().MobileDrawer()
        .Name("MobileDrawer")
        .Events(events => events
            .BeforeShow("onBeforeShow")
        )
)

<script>
    function onBeforeShow() {
        // Handle the show event.
    }
</script>

Referencing Existing Instances

You can reference a hybrid Drawer instance by using the code from the following example. Once a reference is established, use the hybrid Drawer client-side API to control its behavior.

@(Html.Kendo().MobileDrawer()
        .Name("MobileDrawer")
)
<script>
    $(function() {
        // The Name() of the Drawer is used to get its client-side instance.
        var drawer = $("#Mobiledrawer").data("kendoMobileDrawer");
    });
</script>

See Also

• Hybrid DrawerBuilder Server-Side API