Disabling Gesture to Open Drawer in .NET MAUI SideDrawer for WinUI
Environment
| Version | Product | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 7.1.0 | Telerik UI for .NET MAUI SideDrawer | Dobrinka Yordanova |
Description
In a .NET MAUI application, you might want to restrict the SideDrawer to open only through a button click, especially on the WinUI platform, instead of using the swipe/drag gesture. This can be essential for cases where gesture control needs to be disabled for specific UI requirements.
This KB article also answers the following questions:
- How can I disable swipe gesture for opening the SideDrawer on WinUI?
- Is it possible to control the SideDrawer's open and close behavior only through a button in .NET MAUI?
- Can I restrict the closing mechanism of the SideDrawer to non-gesture methods in WinUI?
Solution
To disable the gesture for closing the SideDrawer and make it close only with a button click on WinUI, use the native control customization options available for the SideDrawer. Specifically, you set the DrawerManipulationMode property to Button. This ensures that the drawer does not respond to swipe gestures and only opens when a button is clicked.
Here is the code snippet to achieve this:
private void drawer_HandlerChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var platformView = this.drawer.Handler.PlatformView;
#if WINDOWS
var platformdrawer = (Telerik.UI.Xaml.Controls.Primitives.RadSideDrawer)platformView;
platformdrawer.DrawerManipulationMode = Telerik.UI.Xaml.Controls.Primitives.DrawerManipulationMode.Button;
#endif
}
By setting the DrawerManipulationMode to Button, the SideDrawer on WinUI will ignore swipe gestures and will only allow opening through a button click, thus giving you control over the drawer's behavior.