diff --git a/packages/client/src/assets/img/BLOCK_SIDEBARMENU.png b/packages/client/src/assets/img/BLOCK_SIDEBARMENU.png
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diff --git a/packages/client/src/components/block-defaults/sidebar-menu-block/SidebarMenuBlock.tsx b/packages/client/src/components/block-defaults/sidebar-menu-block/SidebarMenuBlock.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6cff218431
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/client/src/components/block-defaults/sidebar-menu-block/SidebarMenuBlock.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import { CSSProperties, useMemo } from 'react';
+import { observer } from 'mobx-react-lite';
+import { useBlock, useBlocks } from '@/hooks';
+import { BlockDef, BlockComponent } from '@/stores';
+import { Slot } from '@/components/blocks';
+import { Drawer, Stack, styled, Box } from '@semoss/ui';
+
+export interface SidebarMenuBlockDef extends BlockDef<'sidebar-menu'> {
+    widget: 'sidebar-menu';
+    data: {
+        style: CSSProperties;
+        anchor: 'left' | 'top';
+        sidebarWidth: number;
+        sidebarHeight: number | string;
+        designMode: boolean;
+        open: string | boolean | number; // Changed to string to store query
+    };
+    slots: {
+        content: true;
+    };
+}
+
+const SideBarWrapper = styled(Box)<{ $visible: boolean }>(({ $visible }) => ({
+    visibility: $visible ? 'visible' : 'hidden',
+}));
+
+export const SidebarMenuBlock: BlockComponent = observer(({ id }) => {
+    const { attrs, data, slots } = useBlock<SidebarMenuBlockDef>(id);
+    const { state } = useBlocks();
+    const isStatic = state.mode === 'static';
+
+    const open = useMemo(() => {
+        let o = false;
+        // Interpret Python
+        if (
+            data.open === true ||
+            data.open === 'true' ||
+            data.open === 1 ||
+            data.open === '1'
+        ) {
+            o = true;
+        }
+
+        return o;
+    }, [data.open]);
+
+    // Helper to determine if modal should be shown
+    const shouldShowSidebar = isStatic
+        ? data.designMode // In static mode, show when design mode is on
+        : Boolean(open); // In interactive mode, show when query returns true
+
+    // In static mode with design mode on, show as modal but without portal
+    if (!shouldShowSidebar && !isStatic) {
+        return <></>;
+    }
+
+    return (
+        <SideBarWrapper {...attrs} $visible={shouldShowSidebar}>
+            <Drawer
+                variant="persistent"
+                anchor={data.anchor}
+                open={shouldShowSidebar}
+                // onClose={handleSidebarOpen}
+                PaperProps={{
+                    sx: {
+                        position: 'absolute',
+                        height: data.sidebarHeight ?? '100%',
+                        width: data.sidebarWidth,
+                        zIndex: !isStatic ? 40 : 19,
+                        ...data.style,
+                    },
+                }}
+            >
+                <Stack>
+                    <Slot slot={slots.content} />
+                </Stack>
+            </Drawer>
+        </SideBarWrapper>
+    );
+});
diff --git a/packages/client/src/components/block-defaults/sidebar-menu-block/config.tsx b/packages/client/src/components/block-defaults/sidebar-menu-block/config.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2633920f63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/client/src/components/block-defaults/sidebar-menu-block/config.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+import { BlockConfig } from '@/stores';
+import {
+    ArrowBack,
+    ArrowDownward,
+    ArrowForward,
+    ArrowUpward,
+    Schema,
+} from '@mui/icons-material';
+import { BLOCK_TYPE_LAYOUT } from '../block-defaults.constants';
+import { SidebarMenuBlock, SidebarMenuBlockDef } from './SidebarMenuBlock';
+import {
+    ButtonGroupSettings,
+    SizeSettings,
+    SwitchSettings,
+    QueryInputSettings,
+} from '@/components/block-settings';
+import {
+    buildColorSection,
+    buildBorderSection,
+} from '../block-defaults.shared';
+
+export const config: BlockConfig<SidebarMenuBlockDef> = {
+    widget: 'sidebar-menu',
+    type: BLOCK_TYPE_LAYOUT,
+    data: {
+        style: {},
+        anchor: 'left',
+        sidebarWidth: 240,
+        sidebarHeight: '100%',
+        designMode: true, // Default to design mode when first dropped
+        open: '', // Default to closed
+    },
+    listeners: {},
+    slots: {
+        content: [],
+    },
+    render: SidebarMenuBlock,
+    icon: Schema,
+    contentMenu: [
+        {
+            name: 'General',
+            children: [
+                {
+                    description: 'Design Mode',
+                    render: ({ id }) => (
+                        <SwitchSettings
+                            id={id}
+                            label="Design Mode"
+                            path="designMode"
+                            description="Enable to edit modal content"
+                        />
+                    ),
+                },
+                {
+                    description: 'Open',
+                    render: ({ id }) => (
+                        <QueryInputSettings
+                            id={id}
+                            label="Open Modal"
+                            path="open"
+                        />
+                    ),
+                },
+                {
+                    description: 'Sidebar Width',
+                    render: ({ id }) => (
+                        <SizeSettings
+                            id={id}
+                            label="Sidebar Width"
+                            path="sidebarWidth"
+                        />
+                    ),
+                },
+                {
+                    description: 'Sidebar Height',
+                    render: ({ id }) => (
+                        <SizeSettings
+                            id={id}
+                            label="Sidebar Height"
+                            path="sidebarHeight"
+                        />
+                    ),
+                },
+                {
+                    description: 'Direction',
+                    render: ({ id }) => (
+                        <ButtonGroupSettings
+                            id={id}
+                            path="anchor"
+                            label="Direction"
+                            options={[
+                                {
+                                    value: 'top',
+                                    icon: ArrowDownward,
+                                    title: 'Top',
+                                    isDefault: false,
+                                },
+                                {
+                                    value: 'left',
+                                    icon: ArrowForward,
+                                    title: 'Left',
+                                    isDefault: true,
+                                },
+                            ]}
+                        />
+                    ),
+                },
+            ],
+        },
+    ],
+    styleMenu: [
+        buildColorSection(),
+        {
+            name: 'Spacing',
+            children: [
+                {
+                    description: 'Padding',
+                    render: ({ id }) => (
+                        <SizeSettings
+                            id={id}
+                            label="Padding"
+                            path="style.padding"
+                        />
+                    ),
+                },
+            ],
+        },
+        buildBorderSection(),
+    ],
+};
diff --git a/packages/client/src/components/block-defaults/sidebar-menu-block/index.ts b/packages/client/src/components/block-defaults/sidebar-menu-block/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73ec55c947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/client/src/components/block-defaults/sidebar-menu-block/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export * from './config';
+export * from './SidebarMenuBlock';
diff --git a/packages/client/src/components/designer/menu/default-menu.ts b/packages/client/src/components/designer/menu/default-menu.ts
index 2cbacdfc0b..b3ecb7f798 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/components/designer/menu/default-menu.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/components/designer/menu/default-menu.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import HTML_BLOCK from '@/assets/img/HTML_BLOCK_SM.png';
 import BLOCK_MODAL from '@/assets/img/BLOCK_MODAL.png';
 import BLOCK_THEME from '@/assets/img/BLOCK_THEME.png';
 import BLOCK_ACCORDION from '@/assets/img/BLOCK_ACCORDION.png';
+import BLOCK_SIDEBARMENU from '@/assets/img/BLOCK_SIDEBARMENU.png';
 
 const SECTION_ELEMENT = 'Element';
 const SECTION_INPUT = 'Input';
@@ -187,6 +188,26 @@ export const DEFAULT_MENU: DesignerMenuItem[] = [
             },
         },
     },
+    {
+        section: SECTION_LAYOUT,
+        image: BLOCK_SIDEBARMENU,
+        name: 'Sidebar-Menu',
+        json: {
+            widget: 'sidebar-menu',
+            data: {
+                style: {},
+                open: false,
+                anchor: 'left',
+                sidebarWidth: 240,
+                sidebarHeight: '100%',
+                designMode: true,
+            },
+            listeners: {},
+            slots: {
+                content: [],
+            },
+        },
+    },
     {
         section: SECTION_INPUT,
         image: BLOCK_INPUT,