react-simple-sidenav

A lightweight, customizable, and touch-friendly side navigation component for React. Built with TypeScript and fully compatible with React 18+.

✨ Features:

• ⚡️ Lightweight (only 1.45 kB gzipped)
• 🎨 Fully customizable styles
• 📱 Touch-friendly with swipe gestures
• 🔧 TypeScript support
• ♿️ Accessible
• 🚀 Modern React 18+ support

Demo: https://gauravchl.github.io/react-simple-sidenav

Installation

npm install react-simple-sidenav

or with yarn:

yarn add react-simple-sidenav

or with bun:

bun add react-simple-sidenav

Quick Start

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import SideNav, { MenuIcon } from 'react-simple-sidenav';

const MyComponent: React.FC = () => {
  const [showNav, setShowNav] = useState(false);

  return (
    <div>
      <MenuIcon onClick={() => setShowNav(true)} />
      <SideNav
        showNav={showNav}
        onHideNav={() => setShowNav(false)}
      />
    </div>
  );
};

API

Props

Prop	Type	Default	Description
showNav	boolean	false	Controls whether the side navigation is open or closed
onHideNav	() => void	-	Callback function triggered when the navigation closes
onShowNav	() => void	-	Callback function triggered when the navigation opens
openFromRight	boolean	false	Opens navigation from the right side instead of left
style	CSSProperties	-	Custom styles for the root container element
navStyle	CSSProperties	-	Custom styles for the navigation panel
titleStyle	CSSProperties	-	Custom styles for the title element
itemStyle	CSSProperties	-	Custom styles for navigation items
itemHoverStyle	CSSProperties	-	Custom styles for navigation items on hover
title	ReactNode	-	Content to display at the top of the navigation
items	ReactNode[]	-	Array of navigation items
children	ReactNode	-	Custom content for the navigation. When provided, title and items props are ignored

Examples

Basic Usage

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import SideNav, { MenuIcon } from 'react-simple-sidenav';

const MyComponent: React.FC = () => {
  const [showNav, setShowNav] = useState(false);

  return (
    <>
      <MenuIcon onClick={() => setShowNav(true)} />
      <SideNav
        showNav={showNav}
        onHideNav={() => setShowNav(false)}
      />
    </>
  );
};

With Custom Styles

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import SideNav, { MenuIcon } from 'react-simple-sidenav';

const MyComponent: React.FC = () => {
  const [showNav, setShowNav] = useState(false);

  return (
    <>
      <MenuIcon onClick={() => setShowNav(true)} />
      <SideNav
        showNav={showNav}
        onHideNav={() => setShowNav(false)}
        title="Hello World"
        items={['home', 'services', 'about', 'contact']}
        titleStyle={{ backgroundColor: '#4CAF50' }}
        itemStyle={{ backgroundColor: '#fff' }}
        itemHoverStyle={{ backgroundColor: '#CDDC39' }}
      />
    </>
  );
};

With Custom Items

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import SideNav, { MenuIcon } from 'react-simple-sidenav';

const MyComponent: React.FC = () => {
  const [showNav, setShowNav] = useState(false);

  const navItems = [
    <a key="1" href="/home">Home</a>,
    <a key="2" href="/about">About</a>,
    <a key="3" href="/contact">Contact</a>,
  ];

  return (
    <>
      <MenuIcon onClick={() => setShowNav(true)} />
      <SideNav
        showNav={showNav}
        onHideNav={() => setShowNav(false)}
        title={<h2>Navigation</h2>}
        items={navItems}
      />
    </>
  );
};

Open From Right

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import SideNav, { MenuIcon } from 'react-simple-sidenav';

const MyComponent: React.FC = () => {
  const [showNav, setShowNav] = useState(false);

  return (
    <>
      <MenuIcon onClick={() => setShowNav(true)} />
      <SideNav
        openFromRight={true}
        showNav={showNav}
        onHideNav={() => setShowNav(false)}
        title="Right Side Menu"
        items={['Item1', 'Item2', 'Item3']}
      />
    </>
  );
};

With Custom Children

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import SideNav, { MenuIcon } from 'react-simple-sidenav';

const MyComponent: React.FC = () => {
  const [showNav, setShowNav] = useState(false);

  return (
    <>
      <MenuIcon onClick={() => setShowNav(true)} />
      <SideNav
        showNav={showNav}
        onHideNav={() => setShowNav(false)}
      >
        <div style={{ padding: '20px' }}>
          <h2>Custom Content</h2>
          <p>You can put any React components here!</p>
          <button onClick={() => setShowNav(false)}>Close</button>
        </div>
      </SideNav>
    </>
  );
};

TypeScript Support

This package is written in TypeScript and includes type definitions. All props are fully typed:

import type { SideNavProps, MenuIconProps } from 'react-simple-sidenav';

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Development Setup

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/gauravchl/react-simple-sidenav.git
cd react-simple-sidenav

# Install dependencies with bun
bun install

# Build library first (required before running demo)
bun run build

# Start development server for demo
# Note: The demo imports from dist/, so rebuild after source changes
bun run dev

# Build demo for production
bun run build:demo

Development Workflow:

1. Make changes to src/index.tsx
2. Run bun run build to rebuild the library
3. The demo will hot-reload and pick up the changes

License

MIT © Gaurav Chikhale

Credits

Inspired by Side Navigation Bar TL;DW episode of Supercharged