Offcanvas Navigation With Accordion/Tree Menus - Sidebar Menu

A jQuery/Bootstrap based responsive, multi-level, SEO-friendly, mobile-compatible, off-canvas sidebar navigation created for dashboard, admin panel, web app designs.

More features:

• Collapses and expands sub menus just like an accordion and tree.
• Auto hides on mobile devices.
• 2 themes: Dark and Light.
• 2 styles: Style 1 Demo / Style 2 Demo.
• Also provides a Skeleton for developers.
• Compatible with Bootstrap 5 and Bootstrap 4.

Dependencies:

• jQuery library
• Bootstrap 4 or 5 framework
• Perfect scrollbar (for custom scrollbar). Optional.
• Font Awesome (for menu icons). Optional.
• Nanobar (for page loading indicator). Optional.

How to use it:

1. Load the required resources in your Bootstrap 4 project.

<!-- Stylesheet -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/path/to/bootstrap.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/path/to/fontawesome/all.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/path/to/perfect-scrollbar.css">

<!-- JavaScript -->
<script src="/path/to/jquery.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/bootstrap.bundle.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/perfect-scrollbar.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/nanobar.js"></script>

3. Load the Sidebar Menu's files in the document.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="dist/css/sidebar.css">
<script src="dist/js/sidebar.menu.js"></script>

4. Create the HTML for the sidebar menu. That's it.

<!-- sidebar -->
<nav role="navigation" class="sidebar sidebar-light rounded-0">

  <!-- sidebar menu -->
  <div class="sidebar-menu">

    <!-- menu -->
    <ul class="list list-unstyled list-scrollbar">

      <!-- simple menu -->
      <li class="list-item">

        <!-- list title -->
        <p class="list-title text-uppercase">Translate</p>

        <!-- list items -->
        <ul class="list-unstyled">
          <li><a href="#" class="list-link">Czech</a></li>
          <li><a href="#" class="list-link link-current">English</a></li>
        </ul>
      </li>

      <!-- multi-level dropdown menu -->
      <li class="list-item">

        <!-- list title -->
        <p class="list-title text-uppercase">Dashboard</p>

        <!-- list items, first level -->
        <ul class="list-unstyled">
          <li><a href="#" class="list-link"><span class="list-icon"><i class="fas fa-home"></i></span>Home</a></li>
          <li><a href="#" class="list-link link-arrow link-current"><span class="list-icon"><i class="fas fa-tools"></i></span>Settings</a>

            <!-- list items, second level -->
            <ul class="list-unstyled list-hidden">
              <li><a href="#" class="list-link">Timezone</a></li>
              <li><a href="#" class="list-link link-current">Permissions</a></li>
              <li><a href="#" class="list-link link-arrow">Maintenance</a>

                <!-- list items, third level -->
                <ul class="list-unstyled list-hidden">
                  <li><a href="#" class="list-link">On</a></li>
                  <li><a href="#" class="list-link">Off</a></li>
                </ul>
              </li>
            </ul>
          </li>

          <!-- notice info -->
          <li>
            <a href="#" class="list-link">
              <div class="clearfix">
                <div class="float-left"><span class="list-icon"><i class="fas fa-bell"></i></span>Notice</div>
                <div class="float-right">
                  <span class="badge badge-danger">New</span>
                  <span class="badge badge-secondary">4</span>
                </div>
              </div>
            </a>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </li>

      <!-- multi-level dropdown menu -->
      <li class="list-item">

        <!-- list title -->
        <p class="list-title text-uppercase">Coments</p>

        <!-- list items, first level -->
        <ul class="list-unstyled">
          <li><a href="#" class="list-link"><span class="list-icon"><i class="fas fa-plus"></i></span>New</a></li>
          <li><a href="#" class="list-link link-arrow"><span class="list-icon"><i class="fas fa-comment"></i></span>Settings comments</a>

            <!-- list items, second level -->
            <ul class="list-unstyled list-hidden">
              <li><a href="#" class="list-link">Disable</a></li>
              <li><a href="#" class="list-link">Enable</a></li>
            </ul>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </li>

      <!-- simple menu -->
      <li class="list-item">

        <!-- list title -->
        <p class="list-title text-uppercase">Blog</p>

        <!-- list items -->
        <ul class="list-unstyled">
          <li><a href="#" class="list-link"><span class="list-icon"><i class="fas fa-plus"></i></span>Add</a></li>
          <li><a href="#" class="list-link"><span class="list-icon"><i class="fas fa-table"></i></span>List</a></li>
        </ul>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</nav>

5. To use the Dark theme, just replace the sidebar-light with sidebar-dark

<nav role="navigation" class="sidebar sidebar-light rounded-0">
  ...
</nav>

Changelog:

2023-08-15

• v2.0.12

2023-02-08

• v2.0.10

2023-01-27

• v2.0.9

2022-03-08

• v2.0.8

2021-08-20

• v2.0.2 Update

2021-08-19

• Added Bootstrap 5 support.

2021-05-12

• Bugfix

2021-03-25

• Bugfix

2020-10-09

• JS & CSS updated

2020-10-08

• added gradient for white and dark theme

2020-10-07

• v1.0.20

2020-06-30

• JS updated

2020-01-17

• Bugfix

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This awesome jQuery plugin is developed by compostrap. For more Advanced Usages, please check the demo page or visit the official website.