### Side Nav

The application [side navigation](https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-content-app/tree/master/src/app/components/sidenav) has two features:
a button menu and navigation links.

![](images/side-nav.png)

#### New button

The New button displays a menu which provides three actions:

- Create a new folder - provides a dialog which allows the creation of a new folder, the folder name is mandatory and the description is optional.
- Upload a file - invokes the operating system file browser and allows a user to select file(s) to upload into their current location in the content repository.
- Upload a folder - invokes the operating system folder browser and allows a user to select a folder to upload to their current location in the content repository.

When an upload starts the [upload component](https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-ng2-components/tree/master/lib/content-services/upload)
is displayed which shows the user the progress of the uploads they have started.
The upload dialog persists on the screen and can be minimized; users are able to continue using the application whilst uploads are in progress
and uploads can be canceled which will stop uploads in progress or permanently delete already completed uploads.

![](images/uploader.png)

#### Navigation

The navigation links are configurable via the [app.config.json](https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-content-app/blob/master/src/app.config.json).
Default configuration creates two sections.
See [Navigation](/navigation) for more information about configuring the side navigation.