Sliding door module/pivoting sliding door module having floating mounting of a rack of a rack-and-pinion drive

A sliding door module/pivoting sliding door module for, the module comprising:

• a door leaf;
• a support oriented longitudinally in a sliding direction of the door leaf and is mounted displaceably in the horizontal direction with respect to a longitudinal extent thereof;
• and
• a linear guide with a profiled rail and at least one guide carriage or guide slide mounted displaceably thereon;
• wherein the profiled rail is fastened on the support or is included by the latter as of a profiled region;
• wherein the door leaf is mounted displaceably via the at least one guide carriage/guide slide;
• wherein the module further comprises a rack-and-pinion drive for the door leaf, with a rack which is directly or indirectly connected only in a first end region thereof to the at least one guide carriage/guide slide or to the door leaf, a floating end is in engagement with a gearwheel mounted rotatably in the support.