Will the drawer open behind your sliding doors?

Check the clear opening and planned drawer position before choosing a closet organizer.

Free checker. Try the Before and After examples, then enter your own measurements.

Check your layout

Use inches throughout, or centimeters throughout. This is a simplified overlap check, not a complete installation plan.

No measuring needed for these examples. Click button 1, then button 2. The result appears immediately below.

Your access check

The two examples use the same closet and drawer. Moving the drawer changes whether its front is exposed through a door opening.

Measurements used in this check

The example buttons supply sample measurements automatically. The values remain visible below. Edit them to check your own closet.

Interior closet widthTotal width between the inside walls.Use the same unit as every other field.First opening: left edge offsetDistance from the left inside wall to the clear opening, with one door at its stop.Use the same unit as every other field.First opening: clear widthMeasure usable opening width after trim, tracks and handles.Use the same unit as every other field.Second opening: left edge offsetSlide the doors the other way. Measure from the same left inside wall.Use the same unit as every other field.Second opening: clear widthMeasure the exposed opening in this second door position.Use the same unit as every other field.Planned drawer: left edge offsetDistance from the left inside wall to the left edge of the drawer front.Use the same unit as every other field.Full drawer-front widthInclude any hardware projecting sideways.Use the same unit as every other field.Required space in front for openingUse the product’s specified full-extension clearance, including handles.Use the same unit as every other field.Available clear space in frontMeasure from the planned closed drawer front to the nearest obstruction.Use the same unit as every other field.

Before you buy

Confirm the entire drawer front is exposed in at least one door position.
Check the product’s required extension clearance and room in front.
Verify closet depth, door tracks, handles, wall fixings and load limits with the manufacturer.

ClosetMaid guidance: allow drawer clearance, especially with sliding doors

Also check a container on a shelf

Enter your measurements to check fit.

Your measurements stay on your device

This checker does not collect your closet measurements or ask for an account. Optional analytics count page visits and completed checks without sending dimensions.

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Will the drawer open behind your sliding doors?

Check your layout

Your access check

Measurements used in this check

Before you buy

One shelf, one container

Your measurements stay on your device