diff --git a/src/app/components/network-legend/network-legend.component.html b/src/app/components/network-legend/network-legend.component.html
index bb1703f764071d8bb54182721da27916f4e415a1..fb7fbeaf89aaac69f7b05c648c2474722e204363 100644
--- a/src/app/components/network-legend/network-legend.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/network-legend/network-legend.component.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div class="legend" [class.right]="this.config.legendPos === 'right'">
+<div class="legend" [class.right]="this.config.legendPos === 'right'" [ngClass]="{ 'legend-small': smallStyle }">
 
   <!-- default legend in html -->
   <table *ngIf="!this.config.legendUrl.length">
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
             <th>
               <img [src]="nodeGroup.value.image" class="legend-icon"/>
             </th>
-            <td class="group-name" [ngClass]="{ 'text-normal': smallStyle }">&nbsp;{{ nodeGroup.value.groupName }}</td>
+            <td class="group-name">&nbsp;{{ nodeGroup.value.groupName }}</td>
           </ng-container>
 
           <ng-container *ngIf="!nodeGroup.value.image" [ngSwitch]="nodeGroup.value.shape">
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
               <span class="node {{ nodeGroup.value.shape }}" [style.background-color]=nodeGroup.value.color.background>
               </span>
             </th>
-            <td class="group-name" [ngClass]="{ 'text-normal': smallStyle }">&nbsp;{{ nodeGroup.value.groupName }}</td>
+            <td class="group-name">&nbsp;{{ nodeGroup.value.groupName }}</td>
           </ng-container>
         </ng-container>
       </tr>
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
             <hr *ngIf="!edgeGroup.value.dashes" class="edge" [style.background-color]=edgeGroup.value.color>
             <hr *ngIf="edgeGroup.value.dashes" class="edge dashes" [style.color]=edgeGroup.value.color>
           </th>
-          <td class="group-name" [ngClass]="{ 'text-normal': smallStyle }">&nbsp;{{ edgeGroup.value.groupName }}</td>
+          <td class="group-name">&nbsp;{{ edgeGroup.value.groupName }}</td>
         </ng-container>
       </tr>
     </ng-container>
diff --git a/src/app/components/network-legend/network-legend.component.scss b/src/app/components/network-legend/network-legend.component.scss
index ad520fcc25d965129b8cb34b2bf71360d5b33f06..cbe91cfc8aa0330460eaa6ce4561d40c360c2c0c 100644
--- a/src/app/components/network-legend/network-legend.component.scss
+++ b/src/app/components/network-legend/network-legend.component.scss
@@ -1,32 +1,47 @@
 @import "src/stylesheets/variables";
 
-
 div.legend {
   position: absolute;
   bottom: 0;
   margin-left: 1rem;
+  width: auto;
+  max-width: 11rem;
   z-index: $explorer-networklegend-z;
   &.right {
     right: 0;
   }
+  &.legend-small {
+    transform-origin: bottom left;
+    zoom: 0.8;
+    -moz-transform: scale(0.8);
+  }
+  table tr:first-child {
+    // no border line on top of first element
+    border-top: none;
+  }
   img {
     max-width: 20vw;
     // margin-bottom: 1rem;
   }
-  td.group-name{
-    color:var(--drgstn-text-primary) !important;
+  th {
+    // make all nodes a bit smaller
+    zoom: 0.8;
+    -moz-transform: scale(0.8);
+  }
+  td.group-name {
+    color: var(--drgstn-text-primary) !important;
   }
-  tr.list-item{
+  tr.list-item {
     line-height: calc(#{$legend-row-height} / 2);
     border-top: var(--drgstn-text-primary) 1px solid;
-    th{
+    th {
       height: $legend-row-height;
       width: $legend-row-height;
       vertical-align: middle !important;
       padding: 2px !important;
-      .text{
+      .text {
         font-style: italic;
-        color:var(--drgstn-text-primary) !important;
+        color: var(--drgstn-text-primary) !important;
       }
       .diamond {
         height: $legend-diamond-size;
@@ -36,27 +51,27 @@ div.legend {
         margin-left: 12.5%;
         display: inline-block;
       }
-      .box{
+      .box {
         // class "box" exists in bulma css, only small changes needed
         height: 100%;
         width: 100%;
         display: inline-block;
         padding: unset;
       }
-      .ellipse{
+      .ellipse {
         height: 75%;
         width: 100%;
         border-radius: 50%;
         display: inline-block;
       }
-      .dot{
+      .dot {
         background: $legend-default-background-color;
         border-radius: 50%;
         width: $legend-circle-size;
         height: $legend-circle-size;
         display: inline-block;
       }
-      .circle{
+      .circle {
         background: $legend-default-background-color;
         border-radius: 50%;
         width: $legend-circle-size;
@@ -65,12 +80,12 @@ div.legend {
         text-align: center;
         line-height: $legend-circle-line-height;
       }
-      .triangle{
+      .triangle {
         width: 0;
         height: 0;
         border-left: calc(#{$legend-triangle-size} / 2) solid transparent;
         border-right: calc(#{$legend-triangle-size} / 2) solid transparent;
-        border-bottom: $legend-triangle-height solid black;  // default color will be changed by user input
+        border-bottom: $legend-triangle-height solid black; // default color will be changed by user input
         display: inline-block;
       }
       .triangleDown {
@@ -78,7 +93,7 @@ div.legend {
         height: 0;
         border-left: calc(#{$legend-triangle-size} / 2) solid transparent;
         border-right: calc(#{$legend-triangle-size} / 2) solid transparent;
-        border-top: $legend-triangle-height solid black;  // default color will be changed by user input
+        border-top: $legend-triangle-height solid black; // default color will be changed by user input
         display: inline-block;
       }
       .star {
@@ -86,32 +101,33 @@ div.legend {
         display: inline-block;
         width: 0;
         height: 0;
-        margin-left: .5em;
-        margin-right: .9em;
+        margin-left: 0.5em;
+        margin-right: 0.9em;
         margin-bottom: 1.2em;
-        border-right:  .3em solid transparent;
-        border-bottom: .7em  solid $legend-star-color;
-        border-left:   .3em solid transparent;
+        border-right: 0.3em solid transparent;
+        border-bottom: 0.7em solid $legend-star-color;
+        border-left: 0.3em solid transparent;
         /* Controlls the size of the stars. */
         font-size: $legend-star-size;
-        &:before, &:after {
-          content: '';
+        &:before,
+        &:after {
+          content: "";
           display: block;
           width: 0;
           height: 0;
           position: absolute;
-          top: .6em;
+          top: 0.6em;
           left: -1em;
-          border-right:  1em solid transparent;
-          border-bottom: .7em  solid;
-          border-left:   1em solid transparent;
+          border-right: 1em solid transparent;
+          border-bottom: 0.7em solid;
+          border-left: 1em solid transparent;
           transform: rotate(-35deg);
         }
         &:after {
           transform: rotate(35deg);
         }
       }
-      .square{
+      .square {
         background: $legend-default-background-color;
         width: $legend-square-width;
         height: $legend-square-width;
@@ -125,7 +141,7 @@ div.legend {
         width: $legend-row-height;
         height: $legend-row-height;
       }
-      hr.edge{
+      hr.edge {
         width: $legend-edge-width;
         height: $legend-edge-height;
         /* Center edge icon */
@@ -141,7 +157,5 @@ div.legend {
       vertical-align: middle !important;
       padding: 0 !important;
     }
-
   }
 }
-
diff --git a/src/app/config.ts b/src/app/config.ts
index d581c050678d2fc6ab80d23af4902555e392ea50..3714371f9e2a70e7a189f08f4da8a5df8d73185c 100644
--- a/src/app/config.ts
+++ b/src/app/config.ts
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ export interface IConfig {
   legendPos: 'left' | 'right';
   taskTargetName: string,
   taskDrugName: string,
-  showLeftSidebar: boolean;
-  showRightSidebar: boolean;
+  // showSidebar: boolean;
   showOverview: boolean;
   showQuery: boolean;
   showItemSelector: boolean;
@@ -58,6 +57,7 @@ export interface IConfig {
   interactionDrugProtein: InteractionDrugProteinDB;
   interactionProteinProtein: InteractionProteinProteinDB;
   autofillEdges: boolean;
+  sidebarPos: 'left' | 'right';
   interactions?: InteractionDatabase;
   identifier?: Identifier;
   nodeShadow?: boolean;
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ export interface IConfig {
 /**
  * Provide default values
  */
-
 export const defaultConfig: IConfig = {
   title: 'Drugst.one',
   legendUrl: '', // 'https://exbio.wzw.tum.de/covex/assets/leg1.png' show legend image if set, otherwise default legend
@@ -77,8 +76,7 @@ export const defaultConfig: IConfig = {
   taskDrugName: 'Drug Search',
   showLegendNodes: true,
   showLegendEdges: true,
-  showLeftSidebar: true,
-  showRightSidebar: true,
+  // showSidebar: true,
   showOverview: true,
   showQuery: true,
   showItemSelector: true,
@@ -97,6 +95,7 @@ export const defaultConfig: IConfig = {
   nodeShadow: true,
   edgeShadow: true,
   autofillEdges: true,
+  sidebarPos: 'right',
   nodeGroups: {
     // all NodeGroups but the default group must be set, if not provided by the user, they will be taken from here
     // IMPORTANT: node color must be hexacode!
diff --git a/src/app/pages/explorer-page/explorer-page.component.html b/src/app/pages/explorer-page/explorer-page.component.html
index 774e6032938e0eb70acc634fbf90ade1b29d6e28..98f2b945a52155454ae6967d2f0cc908e018a04b 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/explorer-page/explorer-page.component.html
+++ b/src/app/pages/explorer-page/explorer-page.component.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       [(show)]="showAnalysisDialog"
       [target]="analysisDialogTarget"
       [config]="myConfig"
-      [inputNetwork]="inputNetwork"
+      [inputNetwork]="{ nodes: proteins, edges: edges }"
       (taskEvent)="emitTaskEvent($event)"
     >
     </app-launch-analysis>
@@ -27,7 +27,48 @@
     <!-- Start explorer -->
     <div class="covex explorer">
       <!-- Start left sidebar -->
-      <div *ngIf="myConfig.showLeftSidebar" class="covex sidebar bar-left">
+      <div class="covex sidebar" [ngClass]="{ 'is-pulled-right': myConfig.sidebarPos === 'right' }">
+        <div *ngIf="myConfig.showItemSelector" class="card bar-large">
+          <header
+            class="card-header"
+            [ngClass]="{ 'b-text-small': smallStyle }"
+          >
+            <p class="card-header-title">
+              <span *ngIf="!selectedWrapper" class="icon">
+                <i class="fas fa-info" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+              </span>
+              <!-- <i *ngIf="selectedWrapper && selectedWrapper.data.netexId && selectedWrapper.data.netexId.startsWith('p')" class="fas fa-dna" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+              <i *ngIf="selectedWrapper && selectedWrapper.data.netexId && selectedWrapper.data.netexId.startsWith('d')" class="fas fa-capsules"
+                 aria-hidden="true"></i> -->
+              <span *ngIf="!selectedWrapper">No item selected</span>
+              <span *ngIf="selectedWrapper">
+                <span>{{ selectedWrapper.data.type }}</span>
+              </span>
+            </p>
+            <a
+              (click)="collapseDetails = !collapseDetails"
+              data-action="collapse"
+              class="card-header-icon is-hidden-fullscreen"
+              aria-label="more options"
+            >
+              <span *ngIf="collapseDetails" class="icon">
+                <i class="fas fa-angle-down" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+              </span>
+              <span *ngIf="!collapseDetails" class="icon">
+                <i class="fas fa-angle-left" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+              </span>
+            </a>
+          </header>
+          <div *ngIf="collapseDetails">
+            <div class="card-content">
+              <app-info-tile
+                [wrapper]="selectedWrapper"
+                [smallStyle]="smallStyle"
+              ></app-info-tile>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+
         <div
           *ngIf="myConfig.showOverview"
           class="card bar-large"
@@ -132,230 +173,6 @@
             </div>
           </div>
         </div>
-      </div>
-
-      <!-- Start network block -->
-      <div class="covex network center-panel" id="main-column">
-        <div class="analysis-view" *ngIf="selectedAnalysisToken">
-          <app-analysis-panel
-            [(token)]="selectedAnalysisToken"
-            (showDetailsChange)="selectedWrapper = $event"
-            (visibleItems)="analysisWindowChanged($event)"
-            (setInputNetwork)="setInputNetwork($event)"
-            [config]="myConfig"
-            [smallStyle]="smallStyle"
-          ></app-analysis-panel>
-        </div>
-
-        <div class="card network">
-          <header class="card-header network-header">
-            <p class="card-header-title">
-              {{ myConfig.title }}
-            </p>
-          </header>
-          <div class="card-content explorer-network-view-settings">
-            <div class="card-image canvas-content" #networkWithLegend>
-              <div *ngIf="myConfig.showLegend">
-                <app-network-legend
-                  [config]="myConfig"
-                  [context]="legendContext"
-                  [smallStyle]="smallStyle"
-                ></app-network-legend>
-              </div>
-              <div class="center image1 fullheight" #network>
-                <button class="button is-loading center" alt="loading...">
-                  Loading
-                </button>
-              </div>
-            </div>
-
-            <footer
-              *ngIf="myConfig.showFooter"
-              class="card-footer toolbar network-footer-toolbar"
-            >
-              <div class="network-footer-toolbar-inner-container">
-                <ng-container *ngIf="myConfig.showFooterButtonScreenshot">
-                  <div class="footer-buttons network-footer-toolbar-element">
-                    <button
-                      (click)="toImage()"
-                      class="button is-primary is-rounded has-tooltip"
-                      pTooltip="Take a screenshot of the current network."
-                      [ngClass]="{ 'button-small': smallStyle }"
-                      [tooltipStyleClass]="'drgstn drgstn-tooltip'"
-                      tooltipPosition="top"
-                    >
-                      <span class="icon">
-                        <i class="fas fa-camera" aria-hidden="true"></i>
-                      </span>
-                      <span [ngClass]="{ 'text-normal': smallStyle }"
-                        >Screenshot</span
-                      >
-                    </button>
-                  </div>
-                </ng-container>
-
-                <ng-container *ngIf="myConfig.showFooterButtonExportGraphml">
-                  <app-download-button
-                    [nodeData]="nodeData"
-                    [smallStyle]="smallStyle"
-                    [buttonId]="'explorer-download'"
-                  ></app-download-button>
-                </ng-container>
-
-                <ng-container *ngIf="myConfig.showFooterButtonExpression">
-                  <div
-                    class="
-                      footer-buttons
-                      dropdown
-                      is-up
-                      network-footer-toolbar-element
-                    "
-                    [class.is-active]="expressionExpanded"
-                  >
-                    <div class="dropdown-trigger">
-                      <button
-                        (click)="expressionExpanded = !expressionExpanded"
-                        class="button is-rounded is-primary"
-                        [class.is-outlined]="!selectedTissue"
-                        aria-haspopup="true"
-                        aria-controls="dropdown-menu"
-                        pTooltip="Tissue expression data is provided by the GTEx project."
-                        [tooltipStyleClass]="'drgstn drgstn-tooltip'"
-                        tooltipPosition="top"
-                        [ngClass]="{ 'button-small': smallStyle }"
-                      >
-                        <span
-                          *ngIf="!selectedTissue"
-                          [ngClass]="{ 'text-small': smallStyle }"
-                          >Tissue</span
-                        >
-                        <span *ngIf="selectedTissue">{{
-                          selectedTissue.name
-                        }}</span>
-                        <span *ngIf="expressionExpanded" class="icon is-small">
-                          <i class="fas fa-angle-up" aria-hidden="true"></i>
-                        </span>
-                        <span *ngIf="!expressionExpanded" class="icon is-small">
-                          <i class="fas fa-angle-left" aria-hidden="true"></i>
-                        </span>
-                      </button>
-                    </div>
-                    <div class="dropdown-menu" id="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
-                      <div class="dropdown-content tissue-dropdown">
-                        <div class="scroll-area">
-                          <a
-                            (click)="selectTissue(null)"
-                            [class.is-active]="!selectedTissue"
-                            class="dropdown-item"
-                          >
-                            None
-                          </a>
-                          <a
-                            *ngFor="let tissue of analysis.getTissues()"
-                            (click)="selectTissue(tissue)"
-                            [class.is-active]="
-                              selectedTissue &&
-                              tissue.netexId === selectedTissue.netexId
-                            "
-                            class="dropdown-item"
-                          >
-                            {{ tissue.name }}
-                          </a>
-                        </div>
-                      </div>
-                    </div>
-                  </div>
-                </ng-container>
-                <app-toggle
-                  class="footer-buttons network-footer-toolbar-element"
-                  textOn="Drugs"
-                  textOff="Off"
-                  tooltipOn="Display adjacent drugs ON."
-                  tooltipOff="Display adjacent drugs OFF."
-                  [smallStyle]="smallStyle"
-                  [value]="adjacentDrugs"
-                  (valueChange)="updateAdjacentDrugs($event)"
-                ></app-toggle>
-                <app-toggle
-                  class="footer-buttons network-footer-toolbar-element"
-                  textOn="Disorders (protein)"
-                  textOff="Off"
-                  tooltipOn="Show disorders adjacent to all currently displayed proteins/genes ON."
-                  tooltipOff="Show disorders adjacent to all currently displayed proteins/genes OFF."
-                  [smallStyle]="smallStyle"
-                  [value]="adjacentDisordersProtein"
-                  (valueChange)="updateAdjacentProteinDisorders($event)"
-                ></app-toggle>
-                <app-toggle
-                  class="footer-buttons network-footer-toolbar-element"
-                  textOn="Disorders (drugs)"
-                  textOff="Off"
-                  tooltipOn="Show disorders adjacent to all currently displayed drugs ON."
-                  tooltipOff="Show disorders adjacent to all currently displayed drugs OFF."
-                  [smallStyle]="smallStyle"
-                  [value]="adjacentDisordersDrug"
-                  [disabled]="!hasDrugsLoaded()"
-                  (valueChange)="updateAdjacentDrugDisorders($event)"
-                ></app-toggle>
-                <app-toggle
-                  class="footer-buttons network-footer-toolbar-element"
-                  textOn="Animation"
-                  textOff="Off"
-                  tooltipOn="Enable the network animation."
-                  tooltipOff="Disable the network animation and freeze nodes."
-                  [smallStyle]="smallStyle"
-                  [value]="physicsEnabled"
-                  (valueChange)="updatePhysicsEnabled($event)"
-                ></app-toggle>
-              </div>
-            </footer>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-
-      <!-- End  network block -->
-
-      <div *ngIf="myConfig.showRightSidebar" class="covex sidebar bar-right">
-        <div *ngIf="myConfig.showItemSelector" class="card bar-large">
-          <header
-            class="card-header"
-            [ngClass]="{ 'b-text-small': smallStyle }"
-          >
-            <p class="card-header-title">
-              <span *ngIf="!selectedWrapper" class="icon">
-                <i class="fas fa-info" aria-hidden="true"></i>
-              </span>
-              <!-- <i *ngIf="selectedWrapper && selectedWrapper.data.netexId && selectedWrapper.data.netexId.startsWith('p')" class="fas fa-dna" aria-hidden="true"></i>
-              <i *ngIf="selectedWrapper && selectedWrapper.data.netexId && selectedWrapper.data.netexId.startsWith('d')" class="fas fa-capsules"
-                 aria-hidden="true"></i> -->
-              <span *ngIf="!selectedWrapper">No item selected</span>
-              <span *ngIf="selectedWrapper">
-                <span>{{ selectedWrapper.data.type }}</span>
-              </span>
-            </p>
-            <a
-              (click)="collapseDetails = !collapseDetails"
-              data-action="collapse"
-              class="card-header-icon is-hidden-fullscreen"
-              aria-label="more options"
-            >
-              <span *ngIf="collapseDetails" class="icon">
-                <i class="fas fa-angle-down" aria-hidden="true"></i>
-              </span>
-              <span *ngIf="!collapseDetails" class="icon">
-                <i class="fas fa-angle-left" aria-hidden="true"></i>
-              </span>
-            </a>
-          </header>
-          <div *ngIf="collapseDetails">
-            <div class="card-content">
-              <app-info-tile
-                [wrapper]="selectedWrapper"
-                [smallStyle]="smallStyle"
-              ></app-info-tile>
-            </div>
-          </div>
-        </div>
 
         <div *ngIf="myConfig.showSimpleAnalysis" class="card bar-large">
           <header
@@ -693,10 +510,7 @@
               class="card-content overflow task-list-container"
               *ngIf="analysis.tasks && analysis.tasks.length > 0"
             >
-              <app-task-list
-                [(token)]="selectedAnalysisToken"
-                [smallStyle]="smallStyle"
-              ></app-task-list>
+              <app-task-list [(token)]="selectedAnalysisToken"></app-task-list>
             </div>
             <footer class="card-footer">
               <a
@@ -875,6 +689,185 @@
         </div>
       </div>
 
+      <!-- Start network block -->
+      <div class="covex network center-panel" id="main-column">
+        <div class="analysis-view" *ngIf="selectedAnalysisToken">
+          <app-analysis-panel
+            [(token)]="selectedAnalysisToken"
+            (showDetailsChange)="selectedWrapper = $event"
+            (visibleItems)="analysisWindowChanged($event)"
+            [config]="myConfig"
+            [smallStyle]="smallStyle"
+          ></app-analysis-panel>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="card network">
+          <header class="card-header network-header">
+            <p class="card-header-title">
+              {{ myConfig.title }}
+            </p>
+          </header>
+          <div class="card-content explorer-network-view-settings">
+            <div class="card-image canvas-content" #networkWithLegend>
+              <div *ngIf="myConfig.showLegend">
+                <app-network-legend
+                  [config]="myConfig"
+                  [context]="legendContext"
+                  [smallStyle]="smallStyle"
+                ></app-network-legend>
+              </div>
+              <div class="center image1 fullheight" #network>
+                <button class="button is-loading center" alt="loading...">
+                  Loading
+                </button>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+
+            <footer
+              *ngIf="myConfig.showFooter"
+              class="card-footer toolbar network-footer-toolbar"
+            >
+              <div class="network-footer-toolbar-inner-container">
+                <ng-container *ngIf="myConfig.showFooterButtonScreenshot">
+                  <div class="footer-buttons network-footer-toolbar-element">
+                    <button
+                      (click)="toImage()"
+                      class="button is-primary is-rounded has-tooltip"
+                      pTooltip="Take a screenshot of the current network."
+                      [ngClass]="{ 'button-small': smallStyle }"
+                      [tooltipStyleClass]="'drgstn drgstn-tooltip'"
+                      tooltipPosition="top"
+                    >
+                      <span class="icon">
+                        <i class="fas fa-camera" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+                      </span>
+                      <span [ngClass]="{ 'text-normal': smallStyle }"
+                        >Screenshot</span
+                      >
+                    </button>
+                  </div>
+                </ng-container>
+
+                <ng-container *ngIf="myConfig.showFooterButtonExportGraphml">
+                  <app-download-button
+                    [nodeData]="nodeData"
+                    [smallStyle]="smallStyle"
+                    [buttonId]="'explorer-download'"
+                  ></app-download-button>
+                </ng-container>
+
+                <ng-container *ngIf="myConfig.showFooterButtonExpression">
+                  <div
+                    class="
+                      footer-buttons
+                      dropdown
+                      is-up
+                      network-footer-toolbar-element
+                    "
+                    [class.is-active]="expressionExpanded"
+                  >
+                    <div class="dropdown-trigger">
+                      <button
+                        (click)="expressionExpanded = !expressionExpanded"
+                        class="button is-rounded is-primary"
+                        [class.is-outlined]="!selectedTissue"
+                        aria-haspopup="true"
+                        aria-controls="dropdown-menu"
+                        pTooltip="Tissue expression data is provided by the GTEx project."
+                        [tooltipStyleClass]="'drgstn drgstn-tooltip'"
+                        tooltipPosition="top"
+                        [ngClass]="{ 'button-small': smallStyle }"
+                      >
+                        <span
+                          *ngIf="!selectedTissue"
+                          [ngClass]="{ 'text-small': smallStyle }"
+                          >Tissue</span
+                        >
+                        <span *ngIf="selectedTissue">{{
+                          selectedTissue.name
+                        }}</span>
+                        <span *ngIf="expressionExpanded" class="icon is-small">
+                          <i class="fas fa-angle-up" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+                        </span>
+                        <span *ngIf="!expressionExpanded" class="icon is-small">
+                          <i class="fas fa-angle-left" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+                        </span>
+                      </button>
+                    </div>
+                    <div class="dropdown-menu" id="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
+                      <div class="dropdown-content tissue-dropdown">
+                        <div class="scroll-area">
+                          <a
+                            (click)="selectTissue(null)"
+                            [class.is-active]="!selectedTissue"
+                            class="dropdown-item"
+                          >
+                            None
+                          </a>
+                          <a
+                            *ngFor="let tissue of analysis.getTissues()"
+                            (click)="selectTissue(tissue)"
+                            [class.is-active]="
+                              selectedTissue &&
+                              tissue.netexId === selectedTissue.netexId
+                            "
+                            class="dropdown-item"
+                          >
+                            {{ tissue.name }}
+                          </a>
+                        </div>
+                      </div>
+                    </div>
+                  </div>
+                </ng-container>
+                <app-toggle
+                  class="footer-buttons network-footer-toolbar-element"
+                  textOn="Drugs"
+                  textOff="Off"
+                  tooltipOn="Display adjacent drugs ON."
+                  tooltipOff="Display adjacent drugs OFF."
+                  [smallStyle]="smallStyle"
+                  [value]="adjacentDrugs"
+                  (valueChange)="updateAdjacentDrugs($event)"
+                ></app-toggle>
+                <app-toggle
+                  class="footer-buttons network-footer-toolbar-element"
+                  textOn="Disorders (protein)"
+                  textOff="Off"
+                  tooltipOn="Show disorders adjacent to all currently displayed proteins/genes ON."
+                  tooltipOff="Show disorders adjacent to all currently displayed proteins/genes OFF."
+                  [smallStyle]="smallStyle"
+                  [value]="adjacentDisordersProtein"
+                  (valueChange)="updateAdjacentProteinDisorders($event)"
+                ></app-toggle>
+                <app-toggle
+                  class="footer-buttons network-footer-toolbar-element"
+                  textOn="Disorders (drugs)"
+                  textOff="Off"
+                  tooltipOn="Show disorders adjacent to all currently displayed drugs ON."
+                  tooltipOff="Show disorders adjacent to all currently displayed drugs OFF."
+                  [smallStyle]="smallStyle"
+                  [value]="adjacentDisordersDrug"
+                  [disabled]="!hasDrugsLoaded()"
+                  (valueChange)="updateAdjacentDrugDisorders($event)"
+                ></app-toggle>
+                <app-toggle
+                  class="footer-buttons network-footer-toolbar-element"
+                  textOn="Animation"
+                  textOff="Off"
+                  tooltipOn="Enable the network animation."
+                  tooltipOff="Disable the network animation and freeze nodes."
+                  [smallStyle]="smallStyle"
+                  [value]="physicsEnabled"
+                  (valueChange)="updatePhysicsEnabled($event)"
+                ></app-toggle>
+              </div>
+            </footer>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      <!-- End  network block -->
+
       <div class="is-hidden-tablet mobile-fallback">
         Sorry, CoVex is not available for mobile phones. To find information
         about CoVex, please check the <a routerLink="/about">About</a> page or
diff --git a/src/app/pages/explorer-page/explorer-page.component.ts b/src/app/pages/explorer-page/explorer-page.component.ts
index 0f6822b9bbd51614f9178e41208849d2a8549554..cbc9220e7bb9d04381f60d9778eb7d8f17c1d1d6 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/explorer-page/explorer-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/pages/explorer-page/explorer-page.component.ts
@@ -77,22 +77,6 @@ export class ExplorerPageComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
         updateNetworkFlag = true;
       } else if (key === 'interactions') {
         this.getInteractions(configObj[key]);
-      } else if (key === 'showLeftSidebar') {
-        if (configObj[key]) {
-          // shrink main column
-          document.getElementById('main-column').classList.remove('leftgone');
-        } else {
-          // extend main column
-          document.getElementById('main-column').classList.add('leftgone');
-        }
-      } else if (key === 'showRightSidebar') {
-        if (configObj[key]) {
-          // shrink main column
-          document.getElementById('main-column').classList.remove('rightgone');
-        } else {
-          // extend main column
-          document.getElementById('main-column').classList.add('rightgone');
-        }
       }
     }
     // trigger updates on config e.g. in legend
diff --git a/src/index.html b/src/index.html
index 95e57fd83241aee46db6a9c08ac0eb17ea12783c..374002608794686c2894db9504fb431bd4f7f94b 100644
--- a/src/index.html
+++ b/src/index.html
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
 
 <input type="checkbox" onclick=changeConfigStr('{"showOverview":'+this.checked+'}') checked /> Show overview<br>
 <input type="checkbox" onclick=changeConfigStr('{"showQuery":'+this.checked+'}') /> Show query<br>
-<input type="checkbox" onclick=changeConfigStr('{"showLeftSidebar":'+this.checked+'}') checked /> Show left sidebar<br>
-<input type="checkbox" onclick=changeConfigStr('{"showRightSidebar":'+this.checked+'}') checked /> Show right sidebar<br>
+<!-- <input type="checkbox" onclick=changeConfigStr('{"showSidebar":'+this.checked+'}') checked /> Show sidebar<br> -->
 <input type="checkbox" onclick=changeConfigStr('{"showItemSelector":'+this.checked+'}') checked /> Show ItemSelector<br>
 <input type="checkbox" onclick=changeConfigStr('{"showSimpleAnalysis":'+this.checked+'}') /> Show SimpleAnalysis<br>
 <input type="checkbox" onclick=changeConfigStr('{"showAdvAnalysis":'+this.checked+'}') checked /> Show Advanced Analysis<br>
@@ -29,6 +28,8 @@
 <button onclick=changeConfigStr('{"legendPos":"left"}') > Legend to Left </button> <br>
 <button onclick=changeConfigStr('{"legendPos":"right"}') > Legend to Right </button> <br>
 <button onclick=changeConfigStr('{"interactions":"omnipath"}') >Get Omnipath Interactions </button> <br>
+<button onclick=changeConfigStr('{"sidebarPos":"left"}') > Mode sidebar to left</button><br>
+<button onclick=changeConfigStr('{"sidebarPos":"right"}') > Move sidebr to right</button><br>
 <button onclick="initTaskEventListener()">Init Task-Eventlistener</button> <br>
 
 <input id="taskID" type="text" /> <button onclick=loadTaskID(document.getElementById("taskID").value) class="button is-primary" >Load TaskID</button> <br>
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@
 
   <network-expander id="netexp1"
                     pluginId="2"
-                    config='{"showSimpleAnalysis":true, "nodeGroups":{"patient":{"type":"patient","color":"black","font":{"color":"#ffffff"},"groupName":"Patient","shape":"image","image":"https://static.thenounproject.com/png/22780-200.png"},"condition":{"type":"condition","color":"black","font":{"color":"black"},"groupName":"Condition","shape":"text"},"important":{"type":"gene","color":"#ff881f","font":{"color":"#000000"},"groupName":"Important Gene","shape":"star"},"gene":{"type":"gene","color":"#4da300","font":{"color":"#000000"},"groupName":"Gene","shape":"circle"},"foundDrug":{"type":"drug","color":{"border":"#F12590","background":"#F12590","highlight":{"border":"#F12590","background":"#F12590"}},"font":{"color":"#f0f0f0"},"groupName":"Drug","shape":"diamond"}},"edgeGroups":{"genotype":{"color":"black","groupName":"Relevant Gene"},"has-condition":{"color":"#000000","groupName":"Has Condition","dashes":[2,2]},"default":{"color":"#000000","groupName":"default edge"},"ggi":{"color":"#000000","groupName":"Interaction","dashes":[3,2]}},"identifier":"symbol","title":"Breast cancer example network","nodeShadow":true,"edgeShadow":false,"autofillEdges":false,"showLegend":true}'
+                    config='{"showLeftSidebar": true, "showSimpleAnalysis":true, "nodeGroups":{"patient":{"type":"patient","color":"black","font":{"color":"#ffffff"},"groupName":"Patient","shape":"image","image":"https://static.thenounproject.com/png/22780-200.png"},"condition":{"type":"condition","color":"black","font":{"color":"black"},"groupName":"Condition","shape":"text"},"important":{"type":"gene","color":"#ff881f","font":{"color":"#000000"},"groupName":"Important Gene","shape":"star"},"gene":{"type":"gene","color":"#4da300","font":{"color":"#000000"},"groupName":"Gene","shape":"circle"},"foundDrug":{"type":"drug","color":{"border":"#F12590","background":"#F12590","highlight":{"border":"#F12590","background":"#F12590"}},"font":{"color":"#f0f0f0"},"groupName":"Drug","shape":"diamond"}},"edgeGroups":{"genotype":{"color":"black","groupName":"Relevant Gene"},"has-condition":{"color":"#000000","groupName":"Has Condition","dashes":[2,2]},"default":{"color":"#000000","groupName":"default edge"},"ggi":{"color":"#000000","groupName":"Interaction","dashes":[3,2]}},"identifier":"symbol","title":"Breast cancer example network","nodeShadow":true,"edgeShadow":false,"autofillEdges":false,"showLegend":true}'
                     network='{"nodes":[{"id":"patient-1","group":"patient","x":592,"y":446},{"id":"patient-2","group":"patient","x":235,"y":87},{"id":"patient-3","group":"patient","x":105,"y":369},{"id":"ATM","label":"ATM","group":"gene","x":289,"y":242},{"id":"BARD1","label":"BARD1","group":"gene","x":44,"y":250},{"id":"BRCA1","label":"BRCA1","group":"gene","x":466,"y":576},{"id":"BRCA2","label":"BRCA2","group":"gene","x":507,"y":285},{"id":"BRIP1","label":"BRIP1","group":"gene","x":54,"y":474},{"id":"CHEK2","label":"CHEK2","group":"gene","x":216,"y":590},{"id":"CDH1","label":"CDH1","group":"gene","x":320,"y":-57},{"id":"NF1","label":"NF1","group":"gene","x":481,"y":111},{"id":"NBN","label":"NBN","group":"gene","x":-57,"y":314},{"id":"PALB2","label":"PALB2","group":"gene","x":450,"y":190},{"id":"PTEN","label":"PTEN","group":"important","x":305,"y":494},{"id":"RAD51C","label":"RAD51C","group":"gene","x":182,"y":-90},{"id":"RAD51D","label":"RAD51D","group":"gene","x":368,"y":73},{"id":"STK11","label":"STK11","group":"gene","x":686,"y":330},{"id":"TP53","label":"TP53","group":"important","x":333,"y":316},{"id":"subtype-1","label":"Subtype 1","group":"condition","x":556,"y":171},{"id":"subtype-2","label":"Subtype 2","group":"condition","x":-87,"y":221}],"edges":[{"from":"BRCA1","to":"BRCA2","group":"ggi"},{"from":"ATM","to":"BARD1","group":"ggi"},{"from":"BRCA1","to":"CHEK2","group":"ggi"},{"from":"RAD51C","to":"RAD51D","group":"ggi"},{"from":"STK11","to":"TP53","group":"ggi"},{"from":"TP53","to":"PALB2","group":"ggi"},{"from":"TP53","to":"RAD51D","group":"ggi"},{"from":"TP53","to":"NF1","group":"ggi"},{"from":"TP53","to":"BRCA1","group":"ggi"},{"from":"TP53","to":"BRCA2","group":"ggi"},{"from":"PTEN","to":"BRCA1","group":"ggi"},{"from":"PTEN","to":"BRCA2","group":"ggi"},{"from":"TP53","to":"PTEN","group":"ggi"},{"from":"ATM","to":"PTEN","group":"ggi"},{"from":"CDH1","to":"RAD51D","group":"ggi"},{"from":"CDH1","to":"PALB2","group":"ggi"},{"from":"NBN","to":"BRIP1","group":"ggi"},{"from":"BRIP1","to":"PTEN","group":"ggi"},{"from":"patient-1","to":"BRCA1","group":"genotype"},{"from":"patient-1","to":"TP53","group":"genotype"},{"from":"patient-1","to":"BRCA2","group":"genotype"},{"from":"patient-1","to":"PTEN","group":"genotype"},{"from":"patient-2","to":"TP53","group":"genotype"},{"from":"patient-2","to":"NF1","group":"genotype"},{"from":"patient-2","to":"BARD1","group":"genotype"},{"from":"patient-3","to":"TP53","group":"genotype"},{"from":"patient-3","to":"PTEN","group":"genotype"},{"from":"patient-3","to":"NBN","group":"genotype"},{"from":"patient-1","to":"subtype-1","group":"has-condition"},{"from":"patient-2","to":"subtype-1","group":"has-condition"},{"from":"patient-3","to":"subtype-2","group":"has-condition"}]}'>
   }'></network-expander>
 </div>
diff --git a/src/stylesheets/styles.scss b/src/stylesheets/styles.scss
index 7d7f848fe3c09655c10c3cc913f16bfcf45dfa86..ca6de85d304263e71913cf8e395b813ca3b6d462 100644
--- a/src/stylesheets/styles.scss
+++ b/src/stylesheets/styles.scss
@@ -104,38 +104,24 @@
     margin-left: 15px;
   }
 
-
   div.covex.sidebar {
     height: $height;
     overflow-y: auto;
     overflow-x: hidden;
-  }
-
-  div.covex.bar-left {
     float: left;
-    width: $sidebar-left-width;
-    max-width: $sidebar-left-max-width;
-    min-width: $sidebar-left-min-width;
+    width: $sidebar-width;
+    max-width: $sidebar-max-width;
+    min-width: $sidebar-min-width;
     height: 100%;
-  }
-
-  div.covex.bar-right {
-    float: left;
-    width: $sidebar-right-width;
-    max-width: $sidebar-right-max-width;
-    min-width: $sidebar-right-min-width;
     /* Hide scrollbar for Chrome, Safari and Opera */
     &::-webkit-scrollbar {
       display: none;
     }
-
     /* Hide scrollbar for IE, Edge and Firefox */
     -ms-overflow-style: none; /* IE and Edge */
     scrollbar-width: none; /* Firefox */
-
   }
 
-
   div.card.bar-small {
     margin-bottom: 15px;
     word-wrap: break-word;
@@ -169,18 +155,6 @@
 
   .center-panel {
     width: $main-width;
-
-    &.leftgone {
-      width: calc(#{$main-width} + max(#{$sidebar-left-width},#{$sidebar-left-min-width}));
-    }
-
-    &.rightgone {
-      width: calc(#{$main-width} + max(#{$sidebar-right-width},#{$sidebar-right-min-width}));
-    }
-
-    &.rightgone.leftgone {
-      width: calc(#{$main-width} + max(#{$sidebar-left-width},#{$sidebar-left-min-width}) + max(#{$sidebar-right-width},#{$sidebar-right-min-width}));
-    }
   }
 
   div.card.network {
diff --git a/src/stylesheets/variables.scss b/src/stylesheets/variables.scss
index 03d7e80c7baa236d738382479774d3d708365401..37489817eceb9e414a59dc305ddc6d74d085507a 100644
--- a/src/stylesheets/variables.scss
+++ b/src/stylesheets/variables.scss
@@ -35,13 +35,10 @@ $legend-diamond-size: 25px;
 $height: 100%;
 
 // Settings Interface Components
-$sidebar-right-width: 25%;
-$sidebar-right-min-width: 235px;
-$sidebar-right-max-width: 320px;
-$sidebar-left-width: 18%;
-$sidebar-left-min-width: 200px;
-$sidebar-left-max-width: 260px;
-$main-width: calc(100% - (max(#{$sidebar-left-width},#{$sidebar-left-min-width}) + max(#{$sidebar-right-width},#{$sidebar-right-min-width})));
+$sidebar-width: 25%;
+$sidebar-min-width: 235px;
+$sidebar-max-width: 320px;
+$main-width: calc(100% - (max(#{$sidebar-width},#{$sidebar-min-width})));
 
 
 // settings for different screen sizes