After I tap an item in the Scaffold's drawer I want it to automatically hide itself. How do I do it in Flutter?
13 Answers
Navigator.pop() will pop the Drawer
route off the stack and cause it to close.

- 110,240
- 31
- 221
- 152
-
2But this means I need to add this call to every onTap handler, right? – DogeLion May 05 '17 at 15:12
-
1Yeah. You could refactor the call to `pop` into a shared private method if the code duplication bothers you. – Collin Jackson May 07 '17 at 16:19
-
1So, if I want open a new route at the same time, I have to close the drawer first and then push another. the drawer works a really dumb way. LOL. I have thought the drawer as a widget of scaffold, but it seems that I'm definitely wrong. :( – Neal.Marlin Dec 01 '18 at 09:18
-
2I am sorry, but `Navigator.pop()` does not close the drawer in my case... (neither do `Navigator.pop(context)` or `Navigator.pop(context, true)` do so.... What do I need to do in order to close the drawer by selecting one of its items ? My Drawer is inside a Scaffold inside a MaterialApp... does this matter maybe ?? – iKK Feb 17 '19 at 11:47
-
It seems that the MaterialApp indeed caused a problem (since the context was missing). I found a solution [from this link...](https://stackoverflow.com/a/49374128/3826232) – iKK Feb 18 '19 at 09:19
First create a ScaffoldState key
GlobalKey<ScaffoldState> _scaffoldKey = new GlobalKey<ScaffoldState>();
Scaffold(
key: _scaffoldKey,)
Now you can open and close the drawer using the toggleDrawer()
method.
for the left drawer
toggleDrawer() async {
if (_scaffoldKey.currentState.isDrawerOpen) {
_scaffoldKey.currentState.openEndDrawer();
} else {
_scaffoldKey.currentState.openDrawer();
}
}
for the right drawer
toggleDrawer() async {
if (_scaffoldKey.currentState.isDrawerOpen) {
_scaffoldKey.currentState.openDrawer();
} else {
_scaffoldKey.currentState.openEndDrawer();
}
}

- 980
- 7
- 14
-
5i feel this is the best answer to programaticaly manage the drawer – Lakshman Pilaka Apr 20 '20 at 09:52
-
-
1Great solution but it should be noted that this does not work for the drawer if it is placed on the "right" side. `Scaffold(endDrawer: Drawer())` – Matthew Nov 06 '20 at 19:20
-
@Matthew for endDrawer toggleDrawer() async { if (_scaffoldKey.currentState.isDrawerOpen) { _scaffoldKey.currentState.openDrawer(); } else { _scaffoldKey.currentState.openEndDrawer(); } } – Bholendra Singh Mar 29 '21 at 19:05
-
for right side drawer if (_scaffoldKey.currentState!.isEndDrawerOpen) { _scaffoldKey.currentState!.openDrawer(); } else { _scaffoldKey.currentState!.openEndDrawer(); } – Omar Faruq Jul 07 '21 at 11:03
-
Doesn't work with pushing named routes as it say's the key is being used multiple times. – Oliver Dixon Oct 10 '22 at 11:40
Navigator.of(context).pop()
should do what you want :)
https://docs.flutter.io/flutter/widgets/Navigator-class.html https://docs.flutter.io/flutter/material/Drawer-class.html

- 5,644
- 2
- 21
- 18
Shorthand for closing the drawer and navigating to a new route:
Navigator.popAndPushNamed(context, '/newroute');

- 4,676
- 2
- 22
- 18
If you simply want to close the Drawer
, you can use any of the following:
Navigator.pop(context);
Navigator.of(context).pop();
And if you want to navigate to a new page, you can use
Navigator.popAndPushNamed(context, "/new_page");
or
Navigator.pop(context);
Navigator.push(context, MaterialPageRoute(builder: (_) => Page2()));

- 237,138
- 77
- 654
- 440
For the lastest Flutter version (v0.3.2 when I am writing this), the implementation changed a bit and Navigator.pop()
now requires a given context.
Navigator.pop(context) is the typical usage for closing a route.
Navigator.pop(context, true) is the usage for closing a route with a returned result.
See Drawer Class and example on Flutter's Cookbook.

- 1,628
- 1
- 15
- 20
This is the answer
First in Class
GlobalKey<ScaffoldState> _scaffoldKey = new GlobalKey<ScaffoldState>();
Second In Widget
Scaffold(key: _scaffoldKey,)
Third in code
if (_scaffoldKey.currentState.isDrawerOpen) {
_scaffoldKey.currentState.openEndDrawer();
}

- 377
- 4
- 9
I think what the OP is possibly trying to say is that even though Navigator.of(context).pop() and Navigator.pop(context) should work, they aren't in his case- I'm having the same issue.
Early on in a project the drawer works as it should - opening and closing properly. Since several changes have been made (none directly to the drawer or its scaffold) the drawer is no longer closing with Navigator.of(context).pop() and Navigator.pop(context).
I did a little more digging and found that instead of using Navigator.pop you can use Scaffold.of(context).openEndDrawer to close the drawer - even though it doesn't seem like it should. I've never used this function until now but it works perfectly. Hope this helps anyone with the same issue.

- 1,720
- 16
- 35
-
1```Scaffold.of(context).openEndDrawer``` will open the end drawer so while opening the enddrawer, it probably closes the current drawer,it will get your work done but its not the right way to do that, – Mahesh Jamdade May 06 '20 at 14:16
You can use the below code according to your requirement.
When you want to remove and push new route:
Navigator.of(context).popAndPushNamed('/routeName');
When you want to just pop:
Navigator.of(context).pop();

- 596
- 4
- 17
First Pop widget, after that Push your route it will automatically close the Drawer when you come back next time.
Navigator.pop(context); // Widget will be poped
Navigator.pushNamed(context, '/routename'); // New Route will be pushed

- 11
- 2
Well its quite Easy
Problem Statement : In default Home Page when someone presses back button , (if drawer is open) it is closed, else a prompt is thrown asking for Exit Application "Yes" and "No".
Solution
Add
GlobalKey _scaffoldKey = new GlobalKey();
Make Function Future _onWillPop() async handling the required problem statement
Call key and onWillPop as given in the below source code
See Through full source code For the additions done related to this problem statement in source code
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
class HomePage extends StatefulWidget {
@override
_HomePageState createState() => _HomePageState();
}
class _HomePageState extends State<HomePage> {
GlobalKey<ScaffoldState> _scaffoldKey = new GlobalKey<ScaffoldState>();
Future<bool> _onWillPop() async {
if(_scaffoldKey.currentState != null && _scaffoldKey.currentState!.isDrawerOpen){
return true;
}
return (await showDialog(
context: context,
builder: (context) => new AlertDialog(
title: new Text('Leaving our App?'),
content: new Text('Are you sure you want to Exit?'),
actions: <Widget>[
TextButton(
onPressed: () => Navigator.of(context).pop(false),
child: new Text('No'),
),
TextButton(
onPressed: () => Navigator.of(context).pop(true),
child: new Text('Yes'),
),
],
),
)) ??
false;
}
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(
key: _scaffoldKey,
body: WillPopScope(
onWillPop: _onWillPop,
child: Container(
child: Center(
child: Text("Welcome My App"),
),
),
),
drawer: SideDrawer(),
);
}
}
ListTile(
title: Text(
'Notification Setting',
style: TextStyle(
fontSize: 16.0, color: HexColor(HexColor.gray_text)),
),
leading: Icon(
Icons.notifications_outlined,
size: 24.0,
color: HexColor(HexColor.primarycolor),
),
onTap: () {
_scaffoldKey.currentState?.openEndDrawer();
Navigator.push(context, MaterialPageRoute(builder: (context) {
return NotificationSettingActivity();
}
));
},
),

- 461
- 4
- 10
Navigate.of(context).pop();
OR
Navigate.pop(contex);
must be the first in onTap() function
for example :
onTap: () {
Navigator.of(context).pop();//before pushing to any other route
Navigator.push(
context,
MaterialPageRoute(
builder: (BuildContext context) => Screen2(),
),
);
}

- 21
- 2
-
Welcome to Stack Overflow and thank you for your answer. However, this is really a duplicate, since the accepted answer is already to use Navigator.pop(). It feels like you are trying to answer some of the commenters who said that it didn't work for them, and that would be better done in a comment when you have that privilege. – NotTheDr01ds Dec 26 '20 at 16:30