Simple Sidebar Navigation Template For Bootstrap 5/4

A simple, responsive, easy-to-config, mobile-friendly sidebar navigation (also known as off-canvas nav, push menu) template built with Bootstrap framework and jQuery (Bootstrap 4 version) and Vanilla JavaScript (Bootstrap 5 version).

Especially useful for dashboards, documentation pages, and any content-driven sites where you want to have a sticky sidebar navigation menu.

How to use it:

1. Install the package and run build.

# NPM
$ npm i startbootstrap-simple-sidebar
$ npm run build

2. Import the bundled CSS into your document.

<link href="dist/css/styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />

// or import the scss
@import "startbootstrap-simple-sidebar-master/src/scss/styles.scss";

3. The HTML template for the sidebar navigation. Make sure to keep all page content within the #page-content-wrapper. The top navbar is optional, and just for demonstration. Just create an element with the #sidebarToggle ID which will toggle the menu when clicked.

<!-- Bootstrap 5 -->
<div class="d-flex" id="wrapper">
  <!-- Sidebar-->
  <div class="border-end bg-white" id="sidebar-wrapper">
    <div class="sidebar-heading border-bottom bg-light">Start Bootstrap</div>
    <div class="list-group list-group-flush">
      <a class="list-group-item list-group-item-action list-group-item-light p-3" href="#!">Dashboard</a>
      <a class="list-group-item list-group-item-action list-group-item-light p-3" href="#!">Shortcuts</a>
      <a class="list-group-item list-group-item-action list-group-item-light p-3" href="#!">Overview</a>
      <a class="list-group-item list-group-item-action list-group-item-light p-3" href="#!">Events</a>
      <a class="list-group-item list-group-item-action list-group-item-light p-3" href="#!">Profile</a>
      <a class="list-group-item list-group-item-action list-group-item-light p-3" href="#!">Status</a>
    </div>
  </div>
  <!-- Page content wrapper-->
  <div id="page-content-wrapper">
    <!-- Top navigation-->
    <nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-light border-bottom">
      <div class="container-fluid">
        <button class="btn btn-primary" id="sidebarToggle">Toggle Menu</button>
        <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#navbarSupportedContent" aria-controls="navbarSupportedContent" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation"><span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span></button>
        <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarSupportedContent">
          <ul class="navbar-nav ms-auto mt-2 mt-lg-0">
            <li class="nav-item active"><a class="nav-link" href="#!">Home</a></li>
            <li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link</a></li>
            <li class="nav-item dropdown">
              <a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" id="navbarDropdown" href="#" role="button" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">Dropdown</a>
              <div class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-end" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdown">
                <a class="dropdown-item" href="#!">Action</a>
                <a class="dropdown-item" href="#!">Another action</a>
                <div class="dropdown-divider"></div>
                <a class="dropdown-item" href="#!">Something else here</a>
              </div>
            </li>
          </ul>
        </div>
      </div>
    </nav>
    <!-- Page content-->
    <div class="container-fluid">
      <h1 class="mt-4">Simple Sidebar</h1>
      <p>The starting state of the menu will appear collapsed on smaller screens, and will appear non-collapsed on larger screens. When toggled using the button below, the menu will change.</p>
      <p>
        Make sure to keep all page content within the
        <code>#page-content-wrapper</code>
        . The top navbar is optional, and just for demonstration. Just create an element with the
        <code>#sidebarToggle</code>
        ID which will toggle the menu when clicked.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

<!-- Bootstrap 4 -->
<div class="d-flex" id="wrapper">
  <!-- Sidebar-->
  <div class="bg-light border-right" id="sidebar-wrapper">
    <div class="sidebar-heading">Start Bootstrap</div>
    <div class="list-group list-group-flush">
      <a class="list-group-item list-group-item-action bg-light" href="#!">Dashboard</a>
      <a class="list-group-item list-group-item-action bg-light" href="#!">Shortcuts</a>
      <a class="list-group-item list-group-item-action bg-light" href="#!">Overview</a>
      <a class="list-group-item list-group-item-action bg-light" href="#!">Events</a>
      <a class="list-group-item list-group-item-action bg-light" href="#!">Profile</a>
      <a class="list-group-item list-group-item-action bg-light" href="#!">Status</a>
    </div>
  </div>
  <!-- Page Content-->
  <div id="page-content-wrapper">
    <nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-light border-bottom">
      <button class="btn btn-primary" id="sidebarToggle">Toggle Menu</button>
      <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarSupportedContent" aria-controls="navbarSupportedContent" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation"><span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span></button>
      <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarSupportedContent">
        <ul class="navbar-nav ml-auto mt-2 mt-lg-0">
          <li class="nav-item active">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#!">
            Home
            <span class="sr-only">(current)</span>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link</a></li>
          <li class="nav-item dropdown">
            <a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" id="navbarDropdown" href="#!" role="button" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">Dropdown</a>
            <div class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-right" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdown">
              <a class="dropdown-item" href="#!">Action</a>
              <a class="dropdown-item" href="#!">Another action</a>
              <div class="dropdown-divider"></div>
              <a class="dropdown-item" href="#!">Something else here</a>
            </div>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </div>
    </nav>
    <div class="container-fluid">
      <h1 class="mt-4">Simple Sidebar</h1>
      <p>The starting state of the menu will appear collapsed on smaller screens, and will appear non-collapsed on larger screens. When toggled using the button below, the menu will change.</p>
      <p>
        Make sure to keep all page content within the
        <code>#page-content-wrapper</code>
        . The top navbar is optional, and just for demonstration. Just create an element with the
        <code>#menu-toggle</code>
        ID which will toggle the menu when clicked.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

4. The main JavaScript to enable the sidebar navigation. The starting state of the menu will appear collapsed on smaller screens, and will appear non-collapsed on larger screens. When toggled using the button below, the menu will change.

// Bootstrap 5
window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', event => {
  // Toggle the side navigation
  const sidebarToggle = document.body.querySelector('#sidebarToggle');
  if (sidebarToggle) {
    // Uncomment Below to persist sidebar toggle between refreshes
    // if (localStorage.getItem('sb|sidebar-toggle') === 'true') {
    //     document.body.classList.toggle('sb-sidenav-toggled');
    // }
    sidebarToggle.addEventListener('click', event => {
      event.preventDefault();
      document.body.classList.toggle('sb-sidenav-toggled');
      localStorage.setItem('sb|sidebar-toggle', document.body.classList.contains('sb-sidenav-toggled'));
    });
  }
});

// Bootstrap 4 (Requires jQuery)
$("#sidebarToggle").click(function (e) {
  e.preventDefault();
  $("#wrapper").toggleClass("toggled");
});

Changelog:

v6.0.5 (2022-03-24)

• Update

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