Off-canvas

JavaScript

Off-canvas panels are positioned outside of the viewport and slide in when activated. Setting up an off-canvas layout in Foundation is super easy.

Good news! We've updated Off-canvas to offer more and better functionality. Another bonus is the markup is simplified. This new version applies to version 6.3+. We work hard to avoid breaking changes, so any markup updates are listed in the migration section of this page.

Foundation's Off-canvas is a well established mobile pattern for navigation that can also be used to create a responsive sidebar. It can open from any direction, left, right, top, and bottom. There are options to allow the Off-canvas to push your page over or to overlap your page plus a few other neat tricks.

Setup

Setting up the Off-canvas only requires two elements! To setup the Off-canvas create an off-canvas container with the class .off-canvas and the attribute data-off-canvas. This is the container that holds your Off-canvas content.

The Off-canvas container also needs a positioning class to determine which side of the viewport it opens from:

.position-left
.position-right
.position-top
.position-bottom

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Also be sure the off-canvas panel has a unique ID so it can be targeted by the click trigger.

Example:

<div class="off-canvas position-left" id="offCanvas" data-off-canvas>
  <!-- Your menu or Off-canvas content goes here -->
</div>

Along with the Off-canvas container, the main content of your page will be housed in its own container with the class .off-canvas-content and attribute data-off-canvas-content. This is where your page content lives.

<div class="off-canvas-content" data-off-canvas-content>
  <!-- Your page content lives here -->
</div>

So putting it all together:

<body>
  <div class="off-canvas position-left" id="offCanvas" data-off-canvas>
    <!-- Your menu or Off-canvas content goes here -->
  </div>
  <div class="off-canvas-content" data-off-canvas-content>
    <!-- Your page content lives here -->
  </div>
</body>

Wrapper

You can add an optional wrapper around off-canvas and the content. This hides the vertical (on top/bottom off-canvas) or horizontal (on left/right off-canvas) scrollbars the body will have. Simply add a container with the class .off-canvas-wrapper.

<body>
  <div class="off-canvas-wrapper">
    <div class="off-canvas position-left" id="offCanvas" data-off-canvas>
      <!-- Your menu or Off-canvas content goes here -->
    </div>
    <div class="off-canvas-content" data-off-canvas-content>
      <!-- Your page content lives here -->
    </div>
  </div>
</body>

Click Triggers

To create a click trigger that opens the panel, add the attribute data-open or data-toggle to any element. That element will then open or toggle the panel when clicked on. The value of the data attribute should be the ID of the off-canvas.

<button type="button" class="button" data-toggle="offCanvasLeft">Open Menu</button>

Close Button

Foundation's Close component can be used inside the off-canvas to close it.

<button class="close-button" aria-label="Close menu" type="button" data-close>
  <span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
</button>

Complete Example

Here's a complete example that can be pasted into the <body> tag of your page. It includes a close button and basic menu styles.

<body>
  <div class="off-canvas position-left" id="offCanvas" data-off-canvas>

    <!-- Close button -->
    <button class="close-button" aria-label="Close menu" type="button" data-close>
      <span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
    </button>

    <!-- Menu -->
    <ul class="vertical menu">
      <li><a href="#">Foundation</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Dot</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">ZURB</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Com</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Slash</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Sites</a></li>
    </ul>

  </div>

  <div class="off-canvas-content" data-off-canvas-content>
    <!-- Your page content lives here -->
  </div>
</body>

Off-canvas Position

Foundation's Off-canvas is set to position: fixed by default using the .off-canvas class. This makes the off-canvas panel sit in relation to the viewport, and is the desired behavior for most users. However you can also set an off-canvas container to position: absolute by using the alternative class .off-canvas-absolute. Also be sure to use the .off-canvas-wrapper when using this method.

<button type="button" class="button" data-toggle="offCanvasLeftSplit1">Open Left</button>
<button type="button" class="button" data-toggle="offCanvasRightSplit2">Open Right</button>

<div class="row">
  <div class="small-6 columns">
    <div class="off-canvas-wrapper">
      <div class="off-canvas-absolute position-left" id="offCanvasLeftSplit1" data-off-canvas>
        <!-- Your menu or Off-canvas content goes here -->
      </div>
      <div class="off-canvas-content" style="min-height: 300px;" data-off-canvas-content>
        <p>I have nothing to do with the off-canvas on the right!</p>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="small-6 columns">
    <div class="off-canvas-wrapper">
      <div class="off-canvas-absolute position-right" id="offCanvasRightSplit2" data-off-canvas>
        <!-- Your menu or Off-canvas content goes here -->
      </div>
      <div class="off-canvas-content" style="min-height: 300px;" data-off-canvas-content>
        <p>Im a unique off-canvas container all on my own!</p>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

I have nothing to do with the off-canvas on the right!

Im a unique off-canvas container all on my own!

Off-canvas Directions

Foundation's Off-canvas can open from any direction, left, right, top, and bottom.

The Off-canvas container requires a positioning class to determine which side of the viewport it opens from:

.position-left
.position-right
.position-top
.position-bottom

<button type="button" class="button" data-toggle="offCanvasLeft1">Open Left</button>
<button type="button" class="button" data-toggle="offCanvasRight1">Open Right</button>
<button type="button" class="button" data-toggle="offCanvasTop1">Open Top</button>
<button type="button" class="button" data-toggle="offCanvasBottom1">Open Bottom</button>

<div class="row column">
  <div class="off-canvas-wrapper">
    <div class="off-canvas position-left" id="offCanvasLeft1" data-off-canvas>
      <!-- Your menu or Off-canvas content goes here -->
    </div>
    <div class="off-canvas position-right" id="offCanvasRight1" data-off-canvas>
      <!-- Your menu or Off-canvas content goes here -->
    </div>
    <div class="off-canvas position-top" id="offCanvasTop1" data-off-canvas>
      <!-- Your menu or Off-canvas content goes here -->
    </div>
    <div class="off-canvas position-bottom" id="offCanvasBottom1" data-off-canvas>
      <!-- Your menu or Off-canvas content goes here -->
    </div>
    <div class="off-canvas-content" data-off-canvas-content>
      <img src="http://placehold.it/300x300" class="" height="" width="" alt="">
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Multiple Panels

A design can have multiple panels. Be sure that all panels come before the .off-canvas-content wrapper—this is required for the CSS to apply correctly.

When using Foundation in right-to-left mode, "right" still means right, and "left" still means left.

<body>
  <div class="off-canvas position-left" id="offCanvasLeft" data-off-canvas></div>
  <div class="off-canvas position-right" id="offCanvasRight" data-off-canvas></div>
  <div class="off-canvas-content" data-off-canvas-content></div>
</body>

Off-canvas Transitions

You can switch the default transition of the off-canvas from pushing the page over as it open to overlapping the page by adding the data-transition="overlap" to the .off-canvas. There are 2 available transitions: push (data-transition="push") which is the default, and overlap (data-transition="overlap").

<div class="off-canvas position-left" id="offCanvasLeft1" data-off-canvas>
  <!-- Your menu or Off-canvas content goes here -->
</div>

Reveal on Larger Screens

The left- and right-hand off-canvas panes can be set to be persistent on larger screens like a sidebar. Add the class .reveal-for-medium or .reveal-for-large to the off-canvas menu. These classes determine what breakpoint the off-canvas will default open.

The main content area (.off-canvas-content) will be padded to the left or right equal to the width of the container.

The menu will be fixed-position by default, meaning it follows you as you scroll up and down. The menu also gets its own scroll bar if it's taller than the window. To disable these features, set the $offcanvas-fixed-reveal variable to false.

The slide in/out of the plugin still works when these classes are active. If you use this feature on a larger screen, be sure to hide any click triggers on those larger breakpoints as well. Foundation's visibility classes can help you with that.

<div class="off-canvas position-left reveal-for-large" data-off-canvas>
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

Combining with Title Bar

If you need a simple bar to contain your hamburger icon/s and toggle the off-canvas, .title-bar is here to help. It supports left- and right-aligned sections. You can add your off-canvas toggle triggers here:

<div class="title-bar">
  <div class="title-bar-left">
    <button class="menu-icon" type="button" data-open="offCanvasLeft"></button>
    <span class="title-bar-title">Foundation</span>
  </div>
  <div class="title-bar-right">
    <button class="menu-icon" type="button" data-open="offCanvasRight"></button>
  </div>
</div>

Foundation

When using the title-bar with a vertical off-canvas, the title-bar icons are still either title-bar-left or title-bar-right.

<div class="title-bar">
  <div class="title-bar-left">
    <button class="menu-icon" type="button" data-open="offCanvasTop"></button>
    <span class="title-bar-title">Foundation title bar with top off-canvas</span>
  </div>
  <div class="title-bar-right">
    <button class="menu-icon" type="button" data-open="offCanvasTop"></button>
  </div>
</div>

Foundation title bar with top off-canvas

Responsive Off-Canvas (Putting it all together)

For an example of off-canvas on small screens and Top Bar Menu with Dropdowns, check out this Building Block: http://zurb.com/building-blocks/top-bar-with-off-canvas

Migrating from versions prior to v6.3

off-canvas-wrapper and off-canvas-wrapper-inner are no longer needed on the new off-canvas. If you leave them in with 6.3+ off-canvas will work as expected.

The default off-canvas position has changed from absolute to fixed. This will likely be the position you want since the menu is in view when opened regardless of the scroll position. You can choose the off-canvas position back to absolute using the built in classes:

.is-overlay-absolute
.is-overlay-fixed

Or in globally in the _settings.scss, set the $offcanvas-fixed-reveal variable to false.

<div class="off-canvas position-left reveal-for-large" data-off-canvas>
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

Pre 6.3 Off-canvas Setup

To start, create two wrappers to house the page. These are necessary to prevent the off-canvas panels from being visible when they're not open. They also smooth out cross-browser bugs.

The outer wrapper has the class .off-canvas-wrapper.
The inner wrapper has the class .off-canvas-wrapper-inner and the attribute data-off-canvas-wrapper.

<body>
  <div class="off-canvas-wrapper">
    <div class="off-canvas-wrapper-inner" data-off-canvas-wrapper></div>
  </div>
</body>

Inside these wrappers, create an off-canvas panel with the class .off-canvas and the attribute data-off-canvas. The panel also needs a positioning class, which can be .position-left or .position-right, and an attribute set for the position, data-position="left" or data-position="right". Last, make sure the off-canvas panel has a unique ID so it can be targeted.

Along with the panel, the main content of your page will be housed in its own container with the class .off-canvas-content and attribute data-off-canvas-content. You will be putting your actual page content inside a class of .off-canvas-content.)

<body>
  <div class="off-canvas-wrapper">
    <div class="off-canvas-wrapper-inner" data-off-canvas-wrapper>
      <div class="off-canvas position-left" id="offCanvas" data-off-canvas></div>
      <div class="off-canvas-content" data-off-canvas-content></div>
    </div>
  </div>
</body>

Sass Reference

Variables

The default styles of this component can be customized using these Sass variables in your project's settings file.

Name	Type	Default Value	Description
`$offcanvas-size`	Number	`250px`	Width of a left/right off-canvas panel.
`$offcanvas-vertical-size`	Number	`250px`	Height of a top/bottom off-canvas panel.
`$offcanvas-background`	Color	`$light-gray`	Background color of an off-canvas panel.
`$offcanvas-shadow`	Shadow	`0 0 10px rgba($black, 0.7)`	Box shadow for the off-canvas panel.
`$offcanvas-push-zindex`	Number	`1`	Z-index of an off-canvas panel with the `push` transition.
`$offcanvas-overlap-zindex`	Number	`10`	Z-index of an off-canvas panel with the `overlap` transition.
`$offcanvas-reveal-zindex`	Number	`1`	Z-index of an off-canvas panel using the `reveal-for-*` classes or mixin.
`$offcanvas-transition-length`	Number	`0.5s`	Length of the animation on an off-canvas panel.
`$offcanvas-transition-timing`	Keyword	`ease`	Timing function of the animation on an off-canvas panel.
`$offcanvas-fixed-reveal`	Bool	`true`	If `true`, a revealed off-canvas will be fixed-position, and scroll with the screen.
`$offcanvas-exit-background`	Color	`rgba($white, 0.25)`	Background color for the overlay that appears when an off-canvas panel is open.
`$maincontent-class`		`'off-canvas-content'`	CSS class used for the main content area. The off-canvas mixins use this to target the page content.
`$titlebar-background`	Color	`$black`	Background color of a title bar.
`$titlebar-color`	Color	`$white`	Color of text inside a title bar.
`$titlebar-padding`	Length	`0.5rem`	Padding inside a title bar.
`$titlebar-text-font-weight`	Weight	`bold`	Font weight of text inside a title bar.
`$titlebar-icon-color`	Color	`$white`	Color of menu icons inside a title bar.
`$titlebar-icon-color-hover`	Color	`$medium-gray`	Color of menu icons inside a title bar on hover.
`$titlebar-icon-spacing`	Length	`0.25rem`	Spacing between the menu icon and text inside a title bar.

Mixins

We use these mixins to build the final CSS output of this component. You can use the mixins yourself to build your own class structure out of our components.

off-canvas-basics

@include off-canvas-basics;

Adds baseline styles for off-canvas. This CSS is required to make the other pieces work.

off-canvas-base

@include off-canvas-base;

Adds basic styles for an off-canvas panel.

off-canvas-position

@include off-canvas-position;

Adds styles to position an off-canvas panel to the left/right/top/bottom.

off-canvas-content

@include off-canvas-content;

Sets the styles for the content container.

off-canvas-reveal

@include off-canvas-reveal;

Adds styles that reveal an off-canvas panel.

JavaScript Reference

Initializing

The file foundation.offcanvas.js must be included in your JavaScript to use this plugin, along with foundation.core.js. This plugin also requires these utility libraries:

foundation.util.keyboard.js

foundation.util.mediaQuery.js

foundation.util.triggers.js

foundation.util.motion.js

Foundation.OffCanvas

Creates a new instance of an off-canvas wrapper.

var elem = new Foundation.OffCanvas(element, options);

Fires these events: OffCanvas#event:init

Name	Type	Description
`element`	Object	jQuery object to initialize.
`options`	Object	Overrides to the default plugin settings.

Plugin Options

Use these options to customize an instance of Off-canvas. Plugin options can be set as individual data attributes, one combined data-options attribute, or as an object passed to the plugin's constructor. Learn more about how JavaScript plugins are initialized.

Name	Type	Default	Description
`data-close-on-click`	`boolean`	`true`	Allow the user to click outside of the menu to close it.
`data-content-overlay`	`boolean`	`true`	Adds an overlay on top of `[data-off-canvas-content]`.
`data-content-scroll`	`boolean`	`true`	Enable/disable scrolling of the main content when an off canvas panel is open.
`data-transition-time`	`number`	`0`	Amount of time in ms the open and close transition requires. If none selected, pulls from body style.
`data-transition`	`string`	`push`	Type of transition for the offcanvas menu. Options are 'push', 'detached' or 'slide'.
`data-force-to`	`string`	`null`	Force the page to scroll to top or bottom on open.
`data-is-revealed`	`boolean`	`false`	Allow the offcanvas to remain open for certain breakpoints.
`data-reveal-on`	`string`	`null`	Breakpoint at which to reveal. JS will use a RegExp to target standard classes, if changing classnames, pass your class with the `revealClass` option.
`data-auto-focus`	`boolean`	`true`	Force focus to the offcanvas on open. If true, will focus the opening trigger on close.
`data-reveal-class`	`string`	`reveal-for-`	Class used to force an offcanvas to remain open. Foundation defaults for this are `reveal-for-large` & `reveal-for-medium`.
`data-trap-focus`	`boolean`	`false`	Triggers optional focus trapping when opening an offcanvas. Sets tabindex of [data-off-canvas-content] to -1 for accessibility purposes.

Events

These events will fire from any element with a Off-canvas plugin attached.

Name	Description
`opened.zf.offcanvas`	Fires when the off-canvas menu opens.
`closed.zf.offcanvas`	Fires when the off-canvas menu opens.

Methods

reveal

$('#element').foundation('reveal', isRevealed);

Handles the revealing/hiding the off-canvas at breakpoints, not the same as open.

Name	Type	Description
`isRevealed`	Boolean	true if element should be revealed.

open

$('#element').foundation('open', event, trigger);

Opens the off-canvas menu.

Fires these events: OffCanvas#event:opened

Name	Type	Description
`event`	Object	Event object passed from listener.
`trigger`	jQuery	element that triggered the off-canvas to open.

close

$('#element').foundation('close', cb);

Closes the off-canvas menu.

Fires these events: OffCanvas#event:closed

Name	Type	Description
`cb`	function	optional cb to fire after closure.

toggle

$('#element').foundation('toggle', event, trigger);

Toggles the off-canvas menu open or closed.

Name	Type	Description
`event`	Object	Event object passed from listener.
`trigger`	jQuery	element that triggered the off-canvas to open.

destroy

$('#element').foundation('destroy');

Destroys the offcanvas plugin.