# Right side menu opens when clicking menu link in left side menu

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/right-side-menu-opens-when-clicking-menu-link-in-left-side-menu/42179>\
**Category:** ionic-v1\
**Created:** [January 27, 2016, 10:52am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/right-side-menu-opens-when-clicking-menu-link-in-left-side-menu/42179 "2016-01-27T10:52:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![animungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@animungo](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/animungo)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 10:52am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/right-side-menu-opens-when-clicking-menu-link-in-left-side-menu/42179/1 "2016-01-27T10:52:54Z")

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We have a strange bug in our project where the right side menu opens when clicking the first link in the left side menu. The menu item looks more or less like this…

`<ion-item ng-repeat="REPEATEXPRESSION'" nav-direction="swap" menu-close="" href="#/app/LINK1" class="item-icon-right item item-complex INTERNALCLASSES"><a class="item-content ng-binding" ng-href="#/app/LINK1" href="#/app/LINK1"> <i class="icon ICON1"></i> CAPTION1 </a></ion-item>`

There are no JS errors… I’m rather unsure about the origin of this behavior so if anyone has any suggestions on where to look for a solution I would appreciate it.

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**Author:** ![nitishrajput01](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/nitishrajput01/32/123978_2.png) [@nitishrajput01](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/nitishrajput01)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/right-side-menu-opens-when-clicking-menu-link-in-left-side-menu/42179/2 "2016-01-27T12:01:16Z")

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@animungo

add ion side menu

```
 <ion-side-menu side="left">
<ion -item>
</ion-item>
</ion-side-menu>
```

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**Author:** ![animungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@animungo](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/animungo)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/right-side-menu-opens-when-clicking-menu-link-in-left-side-menu/42179/3 "2016-01-27T12:15:13Z")

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Yeah, no… That snippet I posted is just the first item in the side menu…

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**Author:** ![nitishrajput01](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/nitishrajput01/32/123978_2.png) [@nitishrajput01](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/nitishrajput01)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/right-side-menu-opens-when-clicking-menu-link-in-left-side-menu/42179/4 "2016-01-27T12:25:22Z")

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@animungo

i think you did’nt get my point here is what u need

```
    <ion-side-menus enable-menu-with-back-views="true">
<ion-side-menu-content>
<ion-nav-bar>

```

`<ion-nav-buttons side="left">`  
`<button class="button button-icon button-clear ion-navicon" menu-toggle="left">`  
`</button>`  
`</ion-nav-buttons>`  
`</ion-nav-bar>`  
`<ion-nav-view></ion-nav-view>`  
`</ion-side-menu-content>`  
`<ion-side-menu side="left">`  
  
`</ion-header-bar>`  
`<ion-content>`  
`<ion-list>`  
`<ion-item nav-clear menu-close>`  
`</ion-item>`  
`</ion-list>`  
`</ion-content>`  
`</ion-side-menu>`  
`</ion-side-menus>`

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**Author:** ![animungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@animungo](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/animungo)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 12:29pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/right-side-menu-opens-when-clicking-menu-link-in-left-side-menu/42179/5 "2016-01-27T12:29:33Z")

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Yeah sry, still don’t get it. Could you elaborate a little, please?