Content Left Sidebar

content layout with left sidebar

The content left sidebar layout with navigation, content area and left sidebar.

Description

Content layout left sidebar provides more navigations options on page level. For the larger screen this layout provides best usability. This layout use the third column as a sidebar section.

CSS Classes

This table contains all classes related to the content left sidebar layout. This is a custom layout classes for content left sidebar layout page requirements.

All these options can be set via following classes:

Classes Description
.content-left-sidebar You can create 3 column left layout by adding .content-left-sidebar class in <body> tag.
.content-right In this layout content should be float in right side, so .content-right class needs to add in content wrapper. Refer HTML markup line no 27.
.sidebar-left In this layout sidebar should be float in left side, so .sidebar-right class needs to add in sidebar wrapper. Refer HTML markup line no 33.

HTML Markup

This section contains HTML Markup to create 3 column left sidebar layout. You need to add the .content-left-sidebar class in the <body> tag as show in below markup on line no 4. This layout has a navigation, content and left sidebar sections with common header & footer.

  • Line no 27: Contain the and .content-right class for adjusting content section in right side.
  • Line no 33: Contain the .sidebar-left class for adjusting sidebar section in left side.

Robust has a ready to use starter kit, you can use this layout directly by using the sk-content-left-sidebar.html

        
            <!DOCTYPE html>
              <html lang="en">
                <head></head>
                <body data-menu="vertical-menu" class="vertical-layout vertical-menu content-left-sidebar menu-expanded">
                  
                  <!-- navbar-fixed-top-->
                  <nav role="navigation" class="header-navbar navbar navbar-with-menu navbar-fixed-top navbar-dark navbar-shadow navbar-border">
                      ...
                  </nav>
                  
                  <!-- BEGIN Navigation-->
                  <div class="main-menu menu-dark menu-fixed menu-shadow">
                      ...
                  </div>
                  <!-- END Navigation-->

                  <!-- BEGIN Content-->
                  <div class="content robust-content container-fluid">
                      <div class="content-wrapper">
                          <!-- content header-->
                          <div class="content-header row">
                              ...
                          </div>
                          <!-- content header-->
                          
                          <!-- content right-->
                          <div class="content-right">
                              ...
                          </div>
                          <!-- content right-->
                          
                          <!-- sidebar left-->
                          <div class="sidebar-left">
                              <div class="sidebar">
                                  ...
                              </div>
                          </div>
                          <!-- sidebar left-->
                          
                      </div>
                  </div>
                  <!-- END Content-->


                  <!-- START FOOTER DARK-->
                  <footer class="footer footer-dark">
                      ...
                  </footer>
                  <!-- START FOOTER DARK-->

                </body>
              </html>
        
        

JADE Configuration

Robust Admin use JADE as template engine to generate pages and whole template quickly using node js, for getting start with JADE usage & template generating process please refer template documentation.

JADE Variables

This table contains required JADE variables to generate 3 column left sidebar layout.

Variable Value Description
contentLayout 'content-left-sidebar' You need to set contentLayout variable value as 'content-left-sidebar' in pageConfig block.
JADE Code

To generate content left sidebar layout page or template, you need to use following JADE code.

  • Line no 20-24: pageConfig block has a template specific configuration variables, in that for 3 column layout need to define variable - var contentLayout = 'content-left-sidebar'
  • Line no 34-35: content block has content section html file included include ../contents/layout-content-left-sidebar.html, which can be customizable on page level.
  • Line no 37-38: sidebar block has sidebar section html file included include ../contents/sidebar-common.html, which can be customizable on page level.

If you want to use this layout on page level you need to define it on page it self. This template has one example jade file for content left sidebar layout-content-left-sidebar.jade, however you can use it on template level but it will generate whole template as a content left sidebar.

              
                  block pageVars
                    - var pageTitle    = "Content Left Sidebar"
                    - var pageSubTitle = "content layout with left sidebar"
                    - var description  = "The content left sidebar layout with navigation, content area and left sidebar."
                    - var activeMenu   = "content-left-sidebar"
                  
                  extends template
                  
                  block pageConfig
                    - var templateCustom = "vertical-layout vertical-menu" //- OPTIONS: menu-flipped
                    - var dataMenu = "vertical-menu"
                    - var boxedLayout = false  //- OPTIONS:- true, false
                    - var contentLayout = 'content-left-sidebar'
                  
                  append breadcrumbs
                    include ../includes/mixins
                    +breadcrumbs([{url:"index.html",name:"Home"},{url:"#",name:"Starters"}, {name:"Content Left Sidebar"}])
                  
                  append page-header
                    include page-headers/breadcrumb-top
                  
                  //- Include page content in content black
                  append content
                    include ../contents/layout-content-left-sidebar.html
                  
                  append sidebar
                    include ../contents/sidebar-common.html
                  
                  //- Page specific dependency
                  //------------------------------
                  
                  //- Add custom page specific CSS
                  block pagecss
                    link(rel='stylesheet', type='text/css', href='robust-assets/css/plugins/ui/prism.min.css')
                  
                  //- Add custom page specific JS
                  block pagejs
                    script(src='robust-assets/js/plugins/ui/prism.min.js', type='text/javascript')