# Creating a vertical subpage navigation bar

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-a-vertical-subpage-navigation-bar/73234>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [May 4, 2023, 4:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-a-vertical-subpage-navigation-bar/73234 "2023-05-04T04:03:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![David\_Clements](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba9def/32.png) [@David\_Clements](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/David_Clements)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 4:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-a-vertical-subpage-navigation-bar/73234/1 "2023-05-04T04:03:51Z")

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Hello,

I'm currently trying to replicate the SCADA from an upcoming project in Perspective. Some of the pages have a subpage navigation menu with vertical navigation bars. Please see the attached image for a hand drawn example  
 ![example page](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/a/1ac4079450c43a548e5940b066b0488d6b25efbd.png)

I've been reading through the documentation and there doesn't seem to be a property in either the tab container or horizontal menu for easily achieving this vertical tab look, but I'm sure there's a way to do it as I don't think it's a very uncommon design pattern. Is there a generally agreed upon best method for achieving this?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![cmallonee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cmallonee/32/6416_2.png) [@cmallonee](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmallonee)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-a-vertical-subpage-navigation-bar/73234/2 "2023-05-04T12:22:01Z")

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While the [Accordion component](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Perspective+-+Accordion) is not truly a "tabbed" layout, I think it would work perfectly for this. It obviously won't be a direct conversion when it comes to appearance, but vertical tabs are... not as desirable as they might have been in the past; try to avoid instances where a user can't immediately read your text.