Questions about Slide-out Drawers
On mobile, I see some hamburger menus when activated have a screen appear from the left.
First off, is this called a "drawer"?
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ive seen it being called an "off-screen canvas"
thats the term that bootstrap uses
MUI (React) calls it a Drawer (from Navigation drawer in Google Material Design) so maybe call it a menu drawer so you know what the content is?
Yeah, I think that is what I meant... "Menu Drawer"
So are there any problems / downsides to using a "menu drawer"?
There isn't one single, official name so I don't see any problem with that name "menu drawer". And most devs will know what you mean.
honestly, if you just call it a "slidy phone menu thingy", people will know
i would go with "menu drawer"
or whatever the tech stack you are using calls it
🍔 + menu + 🪗 (could not find a drawer icon 😂 )
🗄️
that has drawers
Ah yes!
🍔 📄 🪗 🗄️
should be close enough
That'll work
and it even has it's own soundtrack when you open and close
Yes, classic file cabinet drawer sound effect with a subtle accordion breath
the perfect cacophony