Drawer

<loomi-drawer> — a panel that slides in from the edge of the screen, with configurable size, an optional backdrop, and focus management built in.

npm install @loomidev/drawer lit

import "@loomidev/drawer";

Default Drawer

Drawers are usually triggered by an action — a button click, say. Every LoomiUI drawer is opened and closed by its unique name, using the exported showLoomiDrawer() / hideLoomiDrawer() helpers (or the instance methods show()/hide() if you already have a reference to the element).

Important: give every drawer on a page a unique name — it’s how showLoomiDrawer() finds the right one.

The default drawer slides in from the right, shows a close button, and dismisses on backdrop click, outside click, or Esc.

Open filters Filter controls go here.

<loomi-button onclick="showLoomiDrawer('filters')">Open filters</loomi-button>

<loomi-drawer name="filters" title="Filters">
  Filter controls go here.
</loomi-drawer>

<script type="module">
  import { showLoomiDrawer } from "@loomidev/drawer";
</script>

Placements

Set placement to slide in from any edge. Left/right drawers span the full height and size by width; top/bottom drawers span the full width and size by height.

Left Slides in from the left. Right The default. Top Slides down from the top. Bottom Slides up from the bottom.

<loomi-button onclick="showLoomiDrawer('left')">Left</loomi-button>
<loomi-drawer placement="left" title="Left" name="left">Slides in from the left.</loomi-drawer>

<loomi-button onclick="showLoomiDrawer('right')">Right</loomi-button>
<loomi-drawer placement="right" title="Right" name="right">The default.</loomi-drawer>

<loomi-button onclick="showLoomiDrawer('top')">Top</loomi-button>
<loomi-drawer placement="top" title="Top" name="top">Slides down from the top.</loomi-drawer>

<loomi-button onclick="showLoomiDrawer('bottom')">Bottom</loomi-button>
<loomi-drawer placement="bottom" title="Bottom" name="bottom">Slides up from the bottom.</loomi-drawer>

Sizes

Small 20rem wide. Medium 28rem wide — the default. Large 36rem wide.

<loomi-button onclick="showLoomiDrawer('small-drawer')">Small</loomi-button>
<loomi-drawer size="small" title="Small" name="small-drawer">20rem wide.</loomi-drawer>

<loomi-button onclick="showLoomiDrawer('medium-drawer')">Medium</loomi-button>
<loomi-drawer size="medium" title="Medium" name="medium-drawer">28rem wide — the default.</loomi-drawer>

<loomi-button onclick="showLoomiDrawer('large-drawer')">Large</loomi-button>
<loomi-drawer size="large" title="Large" name="large-drawer">36rem wide.</loomi-drawer>

On screens narrower than 30rem, left/right drawers expand to full width regardless of size.

Scrollable Body

The header (title and close button) stays fixed; slotted content scrolls independently once it overflows the drawer’s height.

Terms

… a few thousand words …

<loomi-button onclick="showLoomiDrawer('long')">Terms</loomi-button>
<loomi-drawer name="long" title="Terms of service">
  <p>… a few thousand words …</p>
</loomi-drawer>

Backdrop, Outside Click & Escape

Three independent toggles control dismissal:

• backdrop (default true) — shows a dimmed overlay behind the panel and blocks interaction with the rest of the page while open.
• close-on-outside-click (default true) — clicking outside the panel closes it. This works even with backdrop="false", since it’s just watching for clicks outside the panel rather than relying on the backdrop element itself.
• Esc always closes the drawer — there’s no attribute to turn that off.

No backdrop, but outside clicks still close me. Click outside all you want — only the X (or Escape) closes me.

<!-- no dimming overlay, but the rest of the page stays inert because outside clicks
     are still being watched -->
<loomi-drawer name="quiet" backdrop="false">No backdrop, but outside clicks still close me.</loomi-drawer>

<!-- only the close button or Escape can dismiss it -->
<loomi-drawer name="pinned" close-on-outside-click="false">
  Click outside all you want — only the X (or Escape) closes me.
</loomi-drawer>

Non-Modal Drawers

When backdrop="false", the drawer also stops being treated as a modal dialog: it sets aria-modal="false" and no longer traps Tab inside the panel, so keyboard users can still reach the rest of the page. Use this for a persistent, non-blocking side panel rather than a true overlay.

Custom Animations

Every part of the slide animation is overridable through CSS custom properties — no rebuild required:

Property	Default
--loomi-drawer-duration	0.3s
--loomi-drawer-easing	cubic-bezier(0.32, 0.72, 0, 1)
--loomi-drawer-enter-animation	loomi-drawer-in-<placement>
--loomi-drawer-exit-animation	loomi-drawer-out-<placement>

Override the timing globally:

:root {
  --loomi-drawer-duration: 0.5s;
  --loomi-drawer-easing: ease-in-out;
}

Or supply your own @keyframes and point the drawer at them for a fully custom motion (e.g. a bounce instead of a linear slide). placement/size aren’t reflected as attributes, so scope the override with a class or :root instead of an attribute selector:

@keyframes my-bounce-in {
  0% { transform: translateX(100%); }
  60% { transform: translateX(-1rem); }
  100% { transform: translateX(0); }
}
:root {
  --loomi-drawer-enter-animation: my-bounce-in;
}

prefers-reduced-motion: reduce is honored automatically — the animation still runs (so hide() resolves promptly) but at a near-instant duration.

Accessibility

For the library-wide baseline, see Foundations — Accessibility.

Responsive behavior

For the shared container and viewport rules, see Foundations — Responsive behavior.

Dark mode

For theme activation, token overrides, and contrast guidance, see Foundations — Dark mode.

Attributes

Attribute	Default	Description
name	(blank)	Unique name for showLoomiDrawer() / hideLoomiDrawer().
title	(blank)	Header text.
placement	right	left | right | top | bottom
size	medium	small | medium | large
open	false	Open state (reflected). (boolean)
show-close-icon	true	Show the header close (X) button. (boolean)
backdrop	true	Dim the page behind the drawer and block interaction with it. (boolean)
close-on-outside-click	true	Clicking outside the panel closes it. (boolean)
prevent-scroll	true	Prevent document scrolling while open. (boolean)
locale	(blank)	Locale override for built-in aria labels.

Boolean attributes can be omitted, present, or set to "false" in HTML, for example backdrop="false" or show-close-icon.

Methods: show() (void), hide() (returns a Promise<void> that resolves once the close animation finishes and the drawer unmounts). Helpers: showLoomiDrawer(name), hideLoomiDrawer(name).

Slots

Slot	Description
(default)	Content placed inside the component.

Events

Event	Description
close	Fired when the component closes.
open	Fired when the component opens.

Focus Handling

Opening a drawer moves focus into it (the close button if shown, otherwise the first focusable element, otherwise the panel itself). While backdrop is on, Tab is trapped inside the panel; closing it restores focus to whatever was focused before — all automatic, no setup needed.

Full Example

Open Full Example

Only the close button or Escape can dismiss this one.

<loomi-button onclick="showLoomiDrawer('full-drawer')">Open Full Example</loomi-button>
<loomi-drawer
  name="full-drawer"
  title="Edit profile"
  placement="right"
  size="large"
  show-close-icon
  backdrop
  close-on-outside-click="false"
  style="--loomi-drawer-duration: 0.4s;"
>
  <p>Only the close button or Escape can dismiss this one.</p>
</loomi-drawer>

Framework integration

<loomi-drawer> is a standard custom element, so the browser can use it in plain HTML, Blade, React, Vue, Angular, Svelte, Astro, and most other frameworks. The important beginner rule is: install the package, import it once before the tag is rendered, then write the Loomi tag in your template.

Where to run commands

Run install commands from the app where you want to use this component. That means the folder that contains that app’s package.json. Do not run these install commands from packages/drawer unless you are editing LoomiUI itself.

cd /path/to/your-app
npm install @loomidev/drawer lit

If you are contributing to LoomiUI itself, first move to the top-level components folder. That is where the main package.json for all packages lives, and pnpm --filter ... commands should be run from there:

cd /path/to/your-copy-of-loomiui/components
pnpm --filter @loomidev/drawer build
pnpm --filter @loomidev/drawer typecheck

Choose your framework

Use the CDN version for prototypes, documentation pages, or a quick reproduction. The import map tells the browser where to find Lit, which Loomi components use internally.

<script type="importmap">
  { "imports": { "lit": "https://esm.sh/lit@3.3.3", "lit/": "https://esm.sh/lit@3.3.3/" } }
</script>
<script type="module" src="https://esm.sh/@loomidev/drawer"></script>

<loomi-drawer name="filters" title="Filters">
  Filter controls go here.
</loomi-drawer>

In Vite, Webpack, Parcel, Rollup, or a framework build pipeline, install the package and import it once in your main app JavaScript file. After that, you can use the Loomi tag anywhere in your app.

import "@loomidev/drawer";

Run the install command from your Laravel project root, then import the component in resources/js/app.js. If your project uses Laravel Vite, npm run dev and npm run build should also be run from the Laravel project root.

cd /path/to/your-laravel-app
npm install @loomidev/drawer lit
npm run dev

resources/js/app.js

import "@loomidev/drawer";

<loomi-drawer name="filters" title="Filters">
  Filter controls go here.
</loomi-drawer>

React can render Loomi tags directly. If you are on React 18, or if you need to pass arrays, objects, or functions, use a ref and assign those values after the component mounts.

import "@loomidev/drawer";

export function LoomiExample() {
  return (
    <loomi-drawer name="filters" title="Filters">
      Filter controls go here.
    </loomi-drawer>
  );
}

If TypeScript does not recognize the Loomi tag in JSX, add it to your app’s JSX type declarations.

Import the package in the component that uses it, or once in your main Vue file. Vue templates can use Loomi tags directly. For arrays, objects, or functions, pass the value as a JavaScript property instead of as plain text.

<script setup>
import "@loomidev/drawer";
</script>

<template>
  <loomi-drawer name="filters" title="Filters">
    Filter controls go here.
  </loomi-drawer>
</template>

If Vue warns that the tag is an unknown component, configure compilerOptions.isCustomElement for tags that start with loomi- in your Vite or Vue config.

Import the package once and tell Angular to allow custom HTML tags with CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA. For NgModule apps, add the schema to the module instead of the standalone component.

app.component.ts

import { CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA, Component } from "@angular/core";
import "@loomidev/drawer";

@Component({
  selector: "app-root",
  standalone: true,
  schemas: [CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA],
  template: `
    <loomi-drawer name="filters" title="Filters">
      Filter controls go here.
    </loomi-drawer>
  `,
})
export class AppComponent {}

Svelte can import the package inside a component script. Astro can import it in the frontmatter of the page or layout where the tag appears.

<script>
  import "@loomidev/drawer";
</script>

<loomi-drawer name="filters" title="Filters">
  Filter controls go here.
</loomi-drawer>

---
import "@loomidev/drawer";
---

<loomi-drawer name="filters" title="Filters">
  Filter controls go here.
</loomi-drawer>

Server-side rendering notes

Frameworks such as Next.js, Nuxt, SvelteKit, and Astro sometimes render HTML on the server before browser-only code runs. If your framework complains, move the Loomi import to client-side code. In Next.js, that usually means a component with "use client"; in Nuxt, it often means a .client.ts plugin.

Dependencies

• @loomidev/core
• @loomidev/icon