Drawers are always modal. When open, the drawer displays a visual overlay, a scrim component, over the underlying content.

Always set a logical width suitable for the content inside the drawer. Refer to Salt's Forms pattern for information on logical forms width, and the typography foundation for guidance on paragraph text width.

• To reveal additional functionality or information contextual to on-screen content which the user can close when not required.
• To display additional relevant functionality or information, such as a form or sidebar navigation, in a specific area of the screen.
• To allow the user to show and hide additional relevant content.

• To provide an inlaid drawer that opens in-line with content. Instead, use BorderLayout.
• To provide a docked drawer that's fixed in the application layout and always visible. Instead, use Panel with styles to expand and collapse a non-modal surface.

To import Drawer and related components from the core Salt package, use: