What is the Drawer widget?

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Answer

The Drawer widget creates a sliding navigation panel that appears from the left edge of the screen. It is assigned to the drawer property of a Scaffold and is typically revealed when the user taps the hamburger menu icon in the AppBar. A Drawer usually contains a DrawerHeader (for user info) and a ListView of ListTile navigation items. Close it programmatically with Navigator.pop(context).

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