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Items Appearance

Updated on Oct 29, 2025

The Drawer component allows you to modify its textual content and styling according to the specific project requirements.

To configure the Drawer items, use its built-in items property and bind it to an array of DrawerItem elements.

The Drawer provides various configuration options and enables you to do the following:

Specify the Text

Set the textual content of Drawer items using the text property.

Set the Selected Items

Control the selected state of items using the selected property.

Disable Specific Items

Prevent user interaction with specific items by setting the disabled property.

Change the Style of the Items

Customize item appearance using cssClass or cssStyle properties.

Display Icons

Add SVG icons or font icons to enhance the visual presentation of Drawer items.

Setting the Item Text

You can set the text of the Drawer's items by utilizing the text property.

The following example demonstrates how to set the text property of the Drawer.

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Setting the Selected Items

You can modify the selected state of the items in the Drawer by using the selected property.

The following example demonstrates how to set the selected property of the Drawer.

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Disabling Specific Items

You can disable Drawer items by setting the disabled property to true.

The following example demonstrates how to set the disabled property of the Drawer.

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Styling the Items

You can customize the styling of the Drawer's items by using either of the following approaches:

Setting the cssClass property.
Setting the cssStyle property.

The following example demonstrates how to set the cssClass and cssStyle properties of the Drawer.

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Displaying Icons

Depending on the configuration of the project, you can enhance the content of the Drawer by displaying any of the following icon types:

SVG icons
Font and third-party icons

As of R2 2023 (v13.0.0) the default icon type in the Kendo UI for Angular components and Kendo UI themes is changed from font to svg. Set the svgIcon property, or Continue Using Font Icons.

Displaying SVG Icons

To display an SVG icon inside the Drawer set the svgIcon property of the Drawer to the necessary SVGIcon. For details, go to the list of SVG icons supported by Kendo UI for Angular.

The following example demonstrates how to set the svgIcon property of the Drawer.

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Displaying Font Icons

To display a font icon inside the Drawer:

Use the ICON_SETTINGS token of the Icons package and set the icon type to font. For more information, go to the topic about icon settings.
Depending on the font icons library, you can set the:
- icon property to a font icon in the Kendo UI theme. For details, go to the list of font icons supported by Kendo UI for Angular.
  ts
```
public items: Array<DrawerItem> = [{ text: "Inbox", icon: "k-i-inbox" }];
```
- iconClass property to a third-party font icon (like FontAwesome).
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```
public items: Array<DrawerItem> = [{ text: "Inbox", iconClass: "fa fa-inbox" }];
```

The following example demonstrates how to set the icon property of the Drawer.

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The following example demonstrates how to set the iconClass property of the Drawer.

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