Templates

Updated on Sep 16, 2026

To distinguish the items within the template when the user interacts with the Drawer, add the data-role="drawer-item" attribute to each item HTML template.

To add a separator between the Drawer items, use the data-role="drawer-separator" attribute.

The Drawer provides the following configurable templates:

• The main Template() method.
• The Mini(m=>m.Template("<div>Mini Template</div>")) template.

You can add icons with a span with the k-icon class combined with the desired Kendo UI for jQuery web font icon class. To ensure that the icons and text have a sufficient padding, wrap the item template text in a span with class k-item-text.

Razor

@"<ul>
    <li data-role='drawer-item'>
      <span class='k-icon k-i-eye'></span>
      <span class='k-item-text'>See More</span>
    </li>
</ul>"

Navigating to Another Page

To navigate with a regular link, keep the data-role="drawer-item" attribute on the <li> and place the anchor inside the item. Set auto-collapse to false so the Drawer does not prevent the browser from following the link.

Razor

<kendo-drawer name="appNav"
        mode="overlay"
        position="left"
        template-id="appNavTemplate"
        auto-collapse="false">
  <content>
  </content>
</kendo-drawer>

<script id="appNavTemplate" type="text/x-kendo-template">
  <ul>
    <li data-role="drawer-item">
      <a class="k-link" href="@webApiCredentialsUrl">
        <span class="k-item-text">Web API Credentials</span>
      </a>
    </li>
  </ul>
</script>

The browser performs the navigation through the href attribute, and the Drawer applies its selection state to the <li>. After the page loads, render the item for the current route with the k-selected class to preserve the selected state across pages.

See Also

• Server-Side API