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How to design a better sidebar menus

  • 31 sierpnia, 2022

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A guide to creating awesome sidebar menus for mobile

Ema.ike

We’ll cover:

  1. Anatomy
  2. Styles
  3. Do’s & Dont’s

Anatomy

User Avatar Optional, depending on the use case

User Details Optional, depending on the use case

Close Icon To close the side menu. Can also use a swipe gesture

Link Text To close the side menu, can also use a swipe gesture

Link Icon Optional, but provides for a good accessibility

Container Holds the side menu content

Styles

Default Sidebar menu style The active screen minimizes for suitable for most use displaying the sidebar cases menu

A small section of The Sidebar menu displays Sidebar with only the above the currently active navigation icons displaying screen

Do’s & Dont’s

Apart from the close icon, provide users a secondary option of exiting the sidebar menu with a swipe gesture.

Follow the KISS principle and keep the menu items within a user’s glance. Unless the use case requires the user to scroll.

Use existing design patterns that users are already familiar with. Like the hamburger icon to access the menu and the X icon to close the menu

Use consistent icons and typography style. Unless you want
to highlight the current active screen.

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