A fixed bottom-right chat bubble, commonly used for customer support or feedback. It expands into a side panel, features a notification badge for new messages, and includes a text input for user interaction, often with a scrollable conversation history. Notable behavior: Expand/Collapse; Typing; Expanded.

Desktop, Pathfinding, Accessibility, Decision Making, Web, English, Side Panel, Scrollbar, Toggle Field, Button, Image / Illustration, Fixed on Scroll, Filters, Animation

A visual transition pattern where an element, such as a window or panel, animates by shrinking and moving to a designated dock area when minimized.

A navigation component that allows users to toggle the visibility of a sidebar menu, often used for pathfinding on desktop and web applications.

Desktop, Feedback, Consent, Awareness, Web, English, Text Input, Side Panel

Desktop, Awareness, Accessibility, Feedback, Web, English, Side Panel, Accordion

A Modal or Dialog component that allows users to drag and drop it to a fixed position on the screen. This enables custom placement and enhances user control over the interface layout, supporting repositioning for improved user experience. Notable behavior: Drag & Drop Gesture; Fixed Position.

Displays a small, contextual information box when a user hovers over an interactive UI element, enhancing clarity without permanent screen clutter. Notable behavior: Hover; Hovered; Idle.

A user interface pattern where a theme switcher, typically for toggling between light and dark modes, is accessible within a side-drawer or side panel. This interaction involves opening the drawer, selecting a theme, and often includes visual transitions. Notable behavior: Click event; Drawer open/close; Side-drawer open.

A sidebar menu that can be collapsed or expanded to manage screen real estate, often used for navigation. Supports user pathfinding and awareness in web applications.

A vertical navigation menu composed of icons, often placed in a side panel or navbar, supporting tooltips on hover and notification badges for user awareness and pathfinding.

Layout sidebars that can be expanded or collapsed, often used for navigation or supplementary content, improving screen real estate management and pathfinding.

This pattern provides a multi-level sidebar navigation system, typically found on desktop and web applications, designed to help users efficiently navigate complex information architectures. It utilizes a side panel to display hypertext links, allowing users to drill down into multiple depths of content. The navigation often incorporates animations to enhance the user experience during expansion, collapse, or selection of menu items, facilitating clear pathfinding within the application. Notable behavior: Click to expand/collapse; Click to navigate; Expanded.

This pattern illustrates how a side panel dynamically adjusts its visibility and layout in response to changes in the viewport size. It often incorporates smooth animations to enhance the user experience during these responsive transitions. Notable behavior: Viewport Resizing; Panel Expansion/Collapse; Expanded Panel.

Allows users to toggle the visibility of a sidebar menu on desktop interfaces via a mouse click. This pattern typically involves a visual transition to expand or collapse the side panel, optimizing screen real estate and aiding in content pathfinding.

Desktop, Awareness, Pathfinding, Web, Español, Hypertext Links, Pagination, Side Panel, Alert Dialog, Modal, Dark Mode, Wordpress

Desktop, Pathfinding, Web, English, Side Panel, Transition, Image / Illustration, Tooltip, Hover Event, Intercom

Desktop, Awareness, Web, English, Side Panel, Fixed on Scroll, Error State, Progress State, Google, Google Suite

Displays a dedicated empty state within a sidebar or side panel, often featuring an illustration and hypertext links to guide users on initial content creation or onboarding steps.

This pattern describes how to divide a desktop or browser window into multiple, independently manageable sections, often allowing users to resize or rearrange them. It enhances multitasking by presenting related content side-by-side.

This pattern describes a two-pane sidebar designed for widget customization. It typically features a side panel that organizes configurable cards, often using tabs and a toolbar. Users can interact with widgets via drag & drop gestures and long-click events, with options to close overlays.

Describes methods for customizing list widgets, including the use of color markers and potential integration with a side panel for configuration options.