Which side should the hamburger menu be on?
If you’re designing an Android app, you should follow Material Design guidelines. For left-to-right languages, hamburger menus should be placed at the top left corner of the screen. This means that the navigation drawer or side menu will also open from the left side of the screen.
Why are hamburger menus used so often in mobile design?
It was created by interaction designer Norm Cox for the Xerox Star personal workstation in 1981 as an easy way to communicate to users that the button contained a list of items. Since then, the hamburger menu has become the go-to icon for apps and websites to drop in their navigation buttons.
Where are the hamburger menu icons on my phone?
Hamburger menus (the three small horizontal bars: the new menu icon). Should they be on the right or left? I’m only thinking of mobile and tablet applications. The pattern I see the most is on the left side: Youtube app, Evernote app, and many more.
Why are hamburger icons on the left side of the screen?
One important factor to keep in mind is the position of other navigation elements that you have, in particular a Home or Back icon. Apple frown upon having the hamburger directly beside / on top of a Back button – and have rejected one of our apps because of this.
Which is the right side of the hamburger menu?
Possibly it depends on other factors such as the size of the tap zones, visual distinction between functions etc. Generally though, I would argue for having the hamburger icon on the right hand side. The top left seems like a natural position for the Back / Home buttons.
Why are the menu icons on the bottom of the screen?
The way these menu’s work is, you place 4 of your menu actions in this bar, and have a 5th “menu” button, to hide the other, less important, menu items you’d have on a desktop version. It’s obvious if you think about it, your fingers are closer to the bottom of the screen, so why wouldn’t you place it there?!