# Menu-close attritube in ionic makes back button disappears

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/menu-close-attritube-in-ionic-makes-back-button-disappears/75600>\
**Category:** ionic-v1\
**Created:** [January 9, 2017, 8:56am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/menu-close-attritube-in-ionic-makes-back-button-disappears/75600 "2017-01-09T08:56:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![codiqa100077547](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@codiqa100077547](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/codiqa100077547)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 8:56am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/menu-close-attritube-in-ionic-makes-back-button-disappears/75600/1 "2017-01-09T08:56:27Z")

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i’m working on an ionic project and i’m using both the sidemenu and tabs template, what i’ve realized is when i click on any link in the sidemenu and it navigates, the back button is not shown, when i take out the menu-close from my script it navigates and the back button shows without close the sidemenu. can i find a way out of how to make the back button show while the sidemenu closes

```
    <ion-side-menus enable-menu-with-back-views="true">
      <ion-side-menu-content>
        <ion-nav-bar class="bar-assertive" align-title="center">
          <ion-nav-back-button>
          </ion-nav-back-button>
    
          <ion-nav-buttons side="right">
            <button class="button button-icon button-clear ion-navicon" menu-toggle="right">
            </button>
          </ion-nav-buttons>
                <ion-nav-title>
         <img src="img/logo_white.png" width="60" height="30" style="position:relative; top:7px" />
    
        </ion-nav-title>
        </ion-nav-bar>
        
    <ion-tabs class="tabs-icon-top tabs-color-active-assertive tabs-stable">
    
      <!-- Dashboard Tab -->
      <ion-tab title="Home" icon="ion-android-home" href="#/tab/home">
        <ion-nav-view name="tab-home"></ion-nav-view>
      </ion-tab>
    
      <!-- Chats Tab -->
      <ion-tab title="News" icon="ion-ios-paper" href="#/tab/news">
        <ion-nav-view name="tab-news"></ion-nav-view>
      </ion-tab>
    
      <!-- Account Tab -->
      <ion-tab title="Livescore" icon="ion-ios-football" href="#/tab/livescore">
        <ion-nav-view name="tab-livescore"></ion-nav-view>
      </ion-tab>
      
        <!-- Account Tab -->
      <ion-tab title="Highlights" icon="ion-play" href="#/tab/highlights">
        <ion-nav-view name="tab-highlights"></ion-nav-view>
      </ion-tab>
    </ion-tabs>
    
      </ion-side-menu-content>
    
       <!-- Side Menu (right) -->
      <ion-side-menu side="right">
        <ion-header-bar class="bar-assertive">
          <h1 class="title">APP</h1>
        </ion-header-bar>
        <ion-content>
          <ion-list>
          
             <ion-item menu-close href="#/tab/home">
              <i class="ion-home"></i> Home
            </ion-item>
          
           <ion-item menu-close href="#/tab/myteams">
              <i class="ion-android-star"></i> My Teams 
            </ion-item>
 

   
          
          </ion-list>
        </ion-content>
      </ion-side-menu>
    </ion-side-menus>
```

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**Author:** ![reidtait](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/reidtait/32/121748_2.png) [@reidtait](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/reidtait)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/menu-close-attritube-in-ionic-makes-back-button-disappears/75600/2 "2018-09-18T19:10:49Z")

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I was running into exactly the same thing today. I know this topic is over a year old, but hopefully anyone else who runs across it will benefit.

The `menu-close` directive clears the page history stack. Try the `menu-toggle` directive instead. See more [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28646894/ionic-history-stack-when-using-side-menu-and-tabs).