diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 2d48a83..345b65c 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -867,16 +867,16 @@ fn timelines_view(ui: &mut egui::Ui, sizes: Size, app: &mut Damus, timelines: us
         .clip(true)
         .horizontal(|mut strip| {
             strip.cell(|ui| {
-                if DesktopSidePanel::new(
+                let side_panel = DesktopSidePanel::new(
                     app.account_manager
                         .get_selected_account()
                         .map(|a| a.pubkey.bytes()),
                     SimpleProfilePreviewController::new(&app.ndb, &mut app.img_cache),
                 )
-                .show(ui)
-                .clicked()
-                {
-                    // clicked pfp
+                .show(ui);
+
+                if side_panel.response.clicked() {
+                    info!("clicked {:?}", side_panel.action);
                 }
             });
 
diff --git a/src/ui/side_panel.rs b/src/ui/side_panel.rs
index 068f713..0284de7 100644
--- a/src/ui/side_panel.rs
+++ b/src/ui/side_panel.rs
@@ -9,9 +9,28 @@ pub struct DesktopSidePanel<'a> {
     simple_preview_controller: SimpleProfilePreviewController<'a>,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Clone, Copy)]
+pub enum SidePanelAction {
+    Panel,
+    Account,
+    Settings,
+    Columns,
+}
+
+pub struct SidePanelResponse {
+    pub response: egui::Response,
+    pub action: SidePanelAction,
+}
+
+impl SidePanelResponse {
+    fn new(action: SidePanelAction, response: egui::Response) -> Self {
+        SidePanelResponse { action, response }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<'a> Widget for DesktopSidePanel<'a> {
     fn ui(self, ui: &mut egui::Ui) -> egui::Response {
-        self.show(ui)
+        self.show(ui).response
     }
 }
 
@@ -32,7 +51,7 @@ impl<'a> DesktopSidePanel<'a> {
             .exact_width(40.0)
     }
 
-    pub fn show(self, ui: &mut egui::Ui) -> egui::Response {
+    pub fn show(self, ui: &mut egui::Ui) -> SidePanelResponse {
         let dark_mode = ui.ctx().style().visuals.dark_mode;
         let spacing_amt = 16.0;