Control Sidebar Plugin
The control sidebar component is part of AdminLTE’s layout as the right sidebar.
Usage
This plugin can be activated as a jQuery plugin or using the data api. To activate the plugin, you must first add the HTML markup to your layout, then create the toggle button as shown below.
HTML Markup
<!-- Control Sidebar -->
<aside class="control-sidebar control-sidebar-dark">
<!-- Control sidebar content goes here -->
</aside>
<!-- /.control-sidebar -->
Data api
Add data-widget="control-sidebar" to any button or a element to activate the plugin.
<a href="#" data-widget="control-sidebar">Toggle Control Sidebar</a>
jQuery
Just like all other AdminLTE plugins, you can also activate the toggle button using jQuery by running the following example.
$("#my-toggle-button").ControlSidebar('toggle');
Options
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| controlsidebarSlide | Boolean | TRUE | Whether the sidebar should slide over the content or push the content to make space for itself. |
| scrollbarTheme | Boolean | os-theme-light |
Scrollbar Theme used while SideBar Fixed |
| scrollbarAutoHide | Boolean | l |
Scrollbar auto-hide trigger |
| target | String | .control-sidebar |
Target control-sidebar to handle multiple control-sidebars. |
| animationSpeed | Boolean | 300 |
Set the animation/transition speed equals to the scss transition speed. |
Tip!
You can use any option via the data-attributes like this to enable auto collapse sidebar on 768 pixels width.
<a href="#" data-widget="control-sidebar" data-controlsidebar-slide="false">Toggle Control Sidebar</a>
Events
| Event Type | Description |
|---|---|
| expanded.lte.controlsidebar | Triggered after a control sidebar expands. |
| collapsed.lte.controlsidebar | Triggered after a control sidebar collapses. |
| collapsed-done.lte.controlsidebar | Triggered after a control sidebar is fully collapsed. |
Example: $('#toggle-button').on('expanded.lte.controlsidebar', handleExpandedEvent)
Methods
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| collapse | Collapses the control-sidebar |
| show | Show’s the control-sidebar |
| toggle | Toggles the state of the control-sidebar expanded and collapsed |
Example: $('#toggle-button').ControlSidebar('toggle')