# Lateral Menu

The sidebar is a control that you can activate on any screen of your application, the content of the sidebar will be the same on all screens of your application

### Activate the sidebar

To activate the sidebar, simply click on the "Left Navigation Bar" in the menu option that you can find on the right sidebar:

![Activate the sidebar](https://476758574-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LvaO9X8rr2FG8JwKkhC%2F-M-DL_lmZZf8popFEkqR%2F-M-DN3O_Yr1YSZzEr5t3%2Fsidebar.gif?alt=media\&token=c63f1686-36a0-4191-b8ed-b4ecee7710d8)

### Add controls to a sidebar

You can add any control in a sidebar, once activated you need to open the sidebar and drag and drop any item you want to add

![Add controls in a sidebar](https://476758574-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LvaO9X8rr2FG8JwKkhC%2F-M-DL_lmZZf8popFEkqR%2F-M-DOWKCbNCR2Dp2M-g3%2FAdd%20elements%20to%20sidebar.gif?alt=media\&token=2dd0b0aa-8076-42a8-a9bf-18eed72c5d59)

### Hide or show the sidebar

To hide or show the sidebar you can use the following function:

{% content-ref url="broken-reference" %}
[Broken link](https://docs.apphive.io/global-functions/diseno-de-la-app/broken-reference)
{% endcontent-ref %}


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