Collapsing Sidebar with Bootstrap

Question

I just visited this page http://www.elmastudio.de/ and wondered if it is possible to build the left sidebar collapse with Bootstrap 3.

Code to collapse the sidebar from the top (phone only):

<button type="button" class="navbar-toggle sidebar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".sidebar-ex1-collapse">
    <span class="sr-only">Sidebar</span>
    <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-check"></span>
</button>

Sidebar itself has the hidden-xs class. It is removed with the following js

$('.sidebar-toggle').click(function(){
     $('#sidebar').removeClass('hidden-xs');            
});

If you click the button it toggles the sidebar from the top. It be great to see the sidebar behave like the website above shows. Any help is appreciated!

Answer 1

Bootstrap 3

Yes, it's possible. This "off-canvas" example should help to get you started.

https://codeply.com/p/esYgHWB2zJ

Basically you need to wrap the layout in an outer div, and use media queries to toggle the layout on smaller screens.

/* collapsed sidebar styles */
@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {
  .row-offcanvas {
    position: relative;
    -webkit-transition: all 0.25s ease-out;
    -moz-transition: all 0.25s ease-out;
    transition: all 0.25s ease-out;
  }
  .row-offcanvas-right
  .sidebar-offcanvas {
    right: -41.6%;
  }

  .row-offcanvas-left
  .sidebar-offcanvas {
    left: -41.6%;
  }
  .row-offcanvas-right.active {
    right: 41.6%;
  }
  .row-offcanvas-left.active {
    left: 41.6%;
  }
  .sidebar-offcanvas {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    width: 41.6%;
  }
  #sidebar {
    padding-top:0;
  }
}

Also, there are several more Bootstrap sidebar examples here

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Bootstrap 4

Create a responsive navbar sidebar "drawer" in Bootstrap 4?