Events

30 Oct 2019 / 19 minutes to read

The SfNavigationDrawer exposes the following events:

  • Opening event
  • Opened event
  • Closing event
  • Closed event

Opening event

You can perform an operation before opening the DrawerView panel using the Opening event. This Opening event get triggered before the DrawerView panel is opened in SfNavigationDrawer.

To restrict the opening of DrawerView panel, you can set e.Cancel to true.

<Window x:Class="NavigationDrawerWPF.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
        xmlns:syncfusion="http://schemas.syncfusion.com/wpf"
        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:NavigationDrawerWPF"
        mc:Ignorable="d"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="800">
    <syncfusion:SfNavigationDrawer x:Name="navigationDrawer"
                                   Opening="NavigationDrawer_Opening">
        <syncfusion:SfNavigationDrawer.DrawerHeaderView>
            <Grid Background="#31ade9">
                <Label Content="Header View" 
                       FontSize="20" 
                       FontWeight="Bold" 
                       HorizontalContentAlignment="Center" 
                       VerticalContentAlignment="Center"/>
            </Grid>
        </syncfusion:SfNavigationDrawer.DrawerHeaderView>
    </syncfusion:SfNavigationDrawer>
</Window>
using Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.NavigationDrawer;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Media;

namespace NavigationDrawerWPF
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
    /// </summary>
    public partial class MainWindow : Window
    {
        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            SfNavigationDrawer navigationDrawer = new SfNavigationDrawer()
            {
                IsOpen = true
            };

            navigationDrawer.Opening += NavigationDrawer_Opening;

            Grid grid = new Grid()
            {
                Background = new SolidColorBrush((Color)ColorConverter.ConvertFromString("#31ade9"))
            };

            Label label = new Label()
            {
                Content = "Header View",
                FontSize = 20,
                FontWeight = FontWeights.Bold,
                HorizontalContentAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center,
                VerticalContentAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Center
            };

            grid.Children.Add(label);
            navigationDrawer.DrawerHeaderView = grid;

            this.Content = navigationDrawer;
        }

        private void NavigationDrawer_Opening(object sender, System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs e)
        {
            // To restrict drawer opening, you can set e.Cancel to true.
        }
    }
}

Opened event

You can perform an operation after opening the DrawerView panel using the Opened event. This Opened event get triggered after the DrawerView panel is opened in SfNavigationDrawer.

<Window x:Class="NavigationDrawerWPF.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
        xmlns:syncfusion="http://schemas.syncfusion.com/wpf"
        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:NavigationDrawerWPF"
        mc:Ignorable="d"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="800">
    <syncfusion:SfNavigationDrawer x:Name="navigationDrawer"
                                   Opened="NavigationDrawer_Opened">
        <syncfusion:SfNavigationDrawer.DrawerHeaderView>
            <Grid Background="#31ade9">
                <Label Content="Header View" 
                       FontSize="20" 
                       FontWeight="Bold" 
                       HorizontalContentAlignment="Center" 
                       VerticalContentAlignment="Center"/>
            </Grid>
        </syncfusion:SfNavigationDrawer.DrawerHeaderView>
    </syncfusion:SfNavigationDrawer>
</Window>
using Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.NavigationDrawer;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Media;

namespace NavigationDrawerWPF
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
    /// </summary>
    public partial class MainWindow : Window
    {
        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            SfNavigationDrawer navigationDrawer = new SfNavigationDrawer()
            {
                IsOpen = true
            };

            navigationDrawer.Opened += NavigationDrawer_Opened;

            Grid grid = new Grid()
            {
                Background = new SolidColorBrush((Color)ColorConverter.ConvertFromString("#31ade9"))
            };

            Label label = new Label()
            {
                Content = "Header View",
                FontSize = 20,
                FontWeight = FontWeights.Bold,
                HorizontalContentAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center,
                VerticalContentAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Center
            };

            grid.Children.Add(label);
            navigationDrawer.DrawerHeaderView = grid;

            this.Content = navigationDrawer;
        }

        private void NavigationDrawer_Opened(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            // you can perform the action here
        }
    }
}

Closing event

You can perform an operation before closing the DrawerView panel using the Closing event. This Closing event get triggered before the DrawerView panel is closed in SfNavigationDrawer.

To restrict the closing of DrawerView panel, you can set e.Cancel to true.

<Window x:Class="NavigationDrawerWPF.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
        xmlns:syncfusion="http://schemas.syncfusion.com/wpf"
        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:NavigationDrawerWPF"
        mc:Ignorable="d"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="800">
    <syncfusion:SfNavigationDrawer x:Name="navigationDrawer"
                                   Closing="NavigationDrawer_Closing">
        <syncfusion:SfNavigationDrawer.DrawerHeaderView>
            <Grid Background="#31ade9">
                <Label Content="Header View" 
                       FontSize="20" 
                       FontWeight="Bold" 
                       HorizontalContentAlignment="Center" 
                       VerticalContentAlignment="Center"/>
            </Grid>
        </syncfusion:SfNavigationDrawer.DrawerHeaderView>
    </syncfusion:SfNavigationDrawer>
</Window>
using Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.NavigationDrawer;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Media;

namespace NavigationDrawerWPF
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
    /// </summary>
    public partial class MainWindow : Window
    {
        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            SfNavigationDrawer navigationDrawer = new SfNavigationDrawer()
            {
                IsOpen = true
            };

            navigationDrawer.Closing += NavigationDrawer_Closing;

            Grid grid = new Grid()
            {
                Background = new SolidColorBrush((Color)ColorConverter.ConvertFromString("#31ade9"))
            };

            Label label = new Label()
            {
                Content = "Header View",
                FontSize = 20,
                FontWeight = FontWeights.Bold,
                HorizontalContentAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center,
                VerticalContentAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Center
            };

            grid.Children.Add(label);
            navigationDrawer.DrawerHeaderView = grid;

            this.Content = navigationDrawer;
        }

        private void NavigationDrawer_Closing(object sender, System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs e)
        {
           // To restrict drawer closing, you can set e.Cancel to true.
        }
    }
}

Closed event

You can perform an operation after closing the DrawerView panel using the Closed event. This Closed event get triggered after the DrawerView panel is Closed in SfNavigationDrawer.

<Window x:Class="NavigationDrawerWPF.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
        xmlns:syncfusion="http://schemas.syncfusion.com/wpf"
        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:NavigationDrawerWPF"
        mc:Ignorable="d"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="800">
    <syncfusion:SfNavigationDrawer x:Name="navigationDrawer"
                                   Closed="NavigationDrawer_Closed">
        <syncfusion:SfNavigationDrawer.DrawerHeaderView>
            <Grid Background="#31ade9">
                <Label Content="Header View" 
                       FontSize="20" 
                       FontWeight="Bold" 
                       HorizontalContentAlignment="Center" 
                       VerticalContentAlignment="Center"/>
            </Grid>
        </syncfusion:SfNavigationDrawer.DrawerHeaderView>
    </syncfusion:SfNavigationDrawer>
</Window>
using Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.NavigationDrawer;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Media;

namespace NavigationDrawerWPF
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
    /// </summary>
    public partial class MainWindow : Window
    {
        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            SfNavigationDrawer navigationDrawer = new SfNavigationDrawer()
            {
                IsOpen = true
            };

            navigationDrawer.Closed += NavigationDrawer_Closed;

            Grid grid = new Grid()
            {
                Background = new SolidColorBrush((Color)ColorConverter.ConvertFromString("#31ade9"))
            };

            Label label = new Label()
            {
                Content = "Header View",
                FontSize = 20,
                FontWeight = FontWeights.Bold,
                HorizontalContentAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center,
                VerticalContentAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Center
            };

            grid.Children.Add(label);
            navigationDrawer.DrawerHeaderView = grid;

            this.Content = navigationDrawer;
        }

        private void NavigationDrawer_Closed(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            // you can perform the action here
        }
    }
}