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The [navigation drawer](https://material.io/components/navigation-drawer) component is a slide-in menu that lets users navigate
to various sections of your app. Users can activate it by swiping from the side
or tapping a menu icon.

Consider these three use cases for implementing a navigation drawer:

- **Content organization:** Enable users to switch between different categories, such as in news or blogging apps.
- **Account management:** Provide quick links to account settings and profile sections in apps with user accounts.
- **Feature discovery:** Organize multiple features and settings in a single menu to facilitate user discovery and access in complex apps.

In Material Design, there are two types of navigation drawers:

- **Standard:** Share space within a screen with other content.
- **Modal:** Appears over the top of other content within a screen.

## Results

![](https://developer.android.com/static/develop/ui/compose/images/layouts/material/m3-navigation-drawer.png)
**Figure 1.** A standard navigation drawer (left) and a modal navigation drawer (right).

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## Version compatibility

This implementation requires that your project minSDK be set to API level 21 or
higher.

### Dependencies

### Kotlin

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```kotlin
  implementation(platform("androidx.compose:compose-bom:2026.01.00"))
  
```

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### Groovy

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```groovy
  implementation platform('androidx.compose:compose-bom:2026.01.00')
  
```

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## Implement a navigation drawer

You can use the [`ModalNavigationDrawer`](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/material3/package-summary#ModalNavigationDrawer(kotlin.Function0,androidx.compose.ui.Modifier,androidx.compose.material3.DrawerState,kotlin.Boolean,androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color,kotlin.Function0)) composable to implement a
navigation drawer:

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```kotlin
ModalNavigationDrawer(
    drawerContent = {
        ModalDrawerSheet {
            Text("Drawer title", modifier = Modifier.padding(16.dp))
            HorizontalDivider()
            NavigationDrawerItem(
                label = { Text(text = "Drawer Item") },
                selected = false,
                onClick = { /*TODO*/ }
            )
            // ...other drawer items
        }
    }
) {
    // Screen content
}
  
```

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### Key points

- Use the `drawerContent` slot to provide a [`ModalDrawerSheet`](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/material3/package-summary#ModalDrawerSheet(androidx.compose.ui.Modifier,androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Shape,androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color,androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color,androidx.compose.ui.unit.Dp,androidx.compose.foundation.layout.WindowInsets,kotlin.Function1)) and
  provide the drawer's contents.

- `ModalNavigationDrawer` accepts a number of additional drawer parameters.
  For example, you can toggle whether or not the drawer responds to drags with
  the `gesturesEnabled` parameter as in the following example:

  <br />

  ```kotlin
  ModalNavigationDrawer(
      drawerContent = {
          ModalDrawerSheet {
              // Drawer contents
          }
      },
      gesturesEnabled = false
  ) {
      // Screen content
  }
    
  ```

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## Control navigation drawer behavior

To control how the drawer opens and closes, use [`DrawerState`](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/material3/DrawerState):

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```kotlin
val drawerState = rememberDrawerState(initialValue = DrawerValue.Closed)
val scope = rememberCoroutineScope()
ModalNavigationDrawer(
    drawerState = drawerState,
    drawerContent = {
        ModalDrawerSheet { /* Drawer content */ }
    },
) {
    Scaffold(
        floatingActionButton = {
            ExtendedFloatingActionButton(
                text = { Text("Show drawer") },
                icon = { Icon(Icons.Filled.Add, contentDescription = "") },
                onClick = {
                    scope.launch {
                        drawerState.apply {
                            if (isClosed) open() else close()
                        }
                    }
                }
            )
        }
    ) { contentPadding ->
        // Screen content
    }
}
  
```

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### Key points

- Pass a `DrawerState` to `ModalNavigationDrawer` using the `drawerState` parameter.
- `DrawerState` provides access to the [`open`](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/material3/DrawerState#open) and [`close`](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/material3/DrawerState#close) functions, as well as properties related to the current drawer state. These suspending functions require a `CoroutineScope`, which you can instantiate using [`rememberCoroutineScope`](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/runtime/package-summary#remembercoroutinescope). You can also call the suspending functions in response to UI events.

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