diff --git a/frontend/src/components/verticalpane/VerticalPane.vue b/frontend/src/components/verticalpane/VerticalPane.vue
index b3f6d78..78dbfdc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/verticalpane/VerticalPane.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/verticalpane/VerticalPane.vue
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ export default {
   top: 0;
   height: 100%;
   width: 25vw;
-  background: #0a0a1a;
   -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(7.5px);
   padding: 1%;
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/CitationView.vue b/frontend/src/views/CitationView.vue
index a12b35c..a8deae7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/CitationView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/CitationView.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,29 @@
 <template>
   <keep-alive>
     <div class="citation-view">
+      <div id="view" class="filter-section">
+        <div
+          id="pathway-filter"
+          class="pre-full"
+          v-on:click="handling_filter_menu()"
+          :class="{ full: view_filtering == true }"
+        >
+          <span>{{ view }}</span>
+        </div>
+        <div
+          id="list-filter-categories"
+          v-show="view_filtering == true"
+        >
+          <div
+            class="element"
+            v-for="entry in filter_views"
+            :key="entry"
+            v-on:click="swap_view(entry)"
+          >
+            <a>{{ entry + " view" }} </a>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
       <CitationVis
         ref="CitationVis"
         :active_node="active_node"
@@ -83,6 +106,9 @@ export default {
       node_index: null,
       centering_active: null,
       unconnected_nodes: null,
+      view: "citation view",
+      view_filtering: false,
+      filter_views:['term','protein']
     };
   },
   watch: {
@@ -206,17 +232,65 @@ export default {
         this.$store.commit("assign_active_enrichment_node", null);
       }
     },
-  },
+    handling_filter_menu() {
+      var com = this;
+      if (!com.view_filtering) {
+        com.view_filtering = true;
+
+        // Add the event listener
+        document.addEventListener("mouseup", com.handleMouseUp);
+      } else {
+        com.view_filtering = false;
+        document.removeEventListener("mouseup", com.handleMouseUp);
+      }
+    },
+    handleMouseUp(e) {
+      var com = this;
+
+      var container = document.getElementById("list-filter-categories");
+      var container_button = document.getElementById("pathway-filter");
+      if (
+        !container.contains(e.target) &&
+        !container_button.contains(e.target)
+      ) {
+        com.view_filtering = false;
+
+        // Remove the event listener
+        document.removeEventListener("mouseup", com.handleMouseUp);
+      }
+    },
+    swap_view(entry){
+      if(entry == "term"){
+        this.$store.state.term_graph_data 
+        ? this.$router.push("terms")
+        : alert("Please generate first a term graph via the enrichment section on protein view.")
+      }
+      if(entry == "protein"){
+        this.$router.push("protein")
+      }
+    }
+  }
 };
 </script>
 
 <style>
 .citation-view {
-  background-color: #0a0a1a;
+  background-color: #1b1613;
   display: flex;
 }
 
 .citation-view .colortype {
-  background: #0a0a1a;
+  background: #1b1613;
+}
+
+.view-label{
+  position: fixed;
+  top: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  margin: 1rem;
+  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.522);
+  font-size: 1rem;
+  z-index: 9999;
+
 }
 </style>
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/ProteinView.vue b/frontend/src/views/ProteinView.vue
index 514f5a7..b61c7ea 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/ProteinView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/ProteinView.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,28 @@
 <template>
   <div class="protein-view">
+    <div id="view" class="filter-section">
+        <div
+          id="pathway-filter"
+          class="pre-full"
+          v-on:click="handling_filter_menu()"
+          :class="{ full: view_filtering == true }"
+        >
+          <span>{{ view }}</span>
+        </div>
+        <div
+          id="list-filter-categories"
+          v-show="view_filtering == true"
+        >
+          <div
+            class="element"
+            v-for="entry in filter_views"
+            :key="entry"
+            v-on:click="swap_view(entry)"
+          >
+            <a>{{ entry + " view" }} </a>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
     <keep-alive>
       <MainVis
         ref="mainVis"
@@ -105,6 +128,9 @@ export default {
       node_modul_index: null,
       node_cluster_index: null,
       ensembl_name_index: null,
+      view: "protein view",
+      view_filtering: false,
+      filter_views:['term','citation']
     };
   },
   activated() {
@@ -173,6 +199,47 @@ export default {
       com.active_decoloumn = state;
     });
   },
+  methods:{
+    handling_filter_menu() {
+      var com = this;
+      if (!com.view_filtering) {
+        com.view_filtering = true;
+
+        // Add the event listener
+        document.addEventListener("mouseup", com.handleMouseUp);
+      } else {
+        com.view_filtering = false;
+        document.removeEventListener("mouseup", com.handleMouseUp);
+      }
+    },
+    handleMouseUp(e) {
+      var com = this;
+
+      var container = document.getElementById("list-filter-categories");
+      var container_button = document.getElementById("pathway-filter");
+      if (
+        !container.contains(e.target) &&
+        !container_button.contains(e.target)
+      ) {
+        com.view_filtering = false;
+
+        // Remove the event listener
+        document.removeEventListener("mouseup", com.handleMouseUp);
+      }
+    },
+    swap_view(entry){
+      if(entry == "term"){
+        this.$store.state.term_graph_data 
+        ? this.$router.push("terms")
+        : alert("Please generate first a term graph via the enrichment section ")
+      }
+      if(entry == "citation"){
+        this.$store.state.citation_graph_data
+        ? this.$router.push("citation")
+        : alert("Please generate first a citation graph via the citation section ")
+      }
+    }
+  }
 };
 </script>
 
@@ -192,4 +259,20 @@ export default {
 .protein-view .colortype {
   background: #0a0a1a;
 }
+
+#view{
+  position: fixed;
+  right: 0;
+  top: 0;
+  margin: 1%;
+  z-index: 999;
+  height: 5%;
+  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2);
+}
+#view #list-filter-categories{
+  max-height: unset;
+}
+#view #pathway-filter span {
+  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);
+}
 </style>
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/TermView.vue b/frontend/src/views/TermView.vue
index a47eed6..2b32919 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/TermView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/TermView.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,29 @@
 <template>
   <keep-alive>
     <div class="term-view">
+      <div id="view" class="filter-section">
+        <div
+          id="pathway-filter"
+          class="pre-full"
+          v-on:click="handling_filter_menu()"
+          :class="{ full: view_filtering == true }"
+        >
+          <span>{{ view }}</span>
+        </div>
+        <div
+          id="list-filter-categories"
+          v-show="view_filtering == true"
+        >
+          <div
+            class="element"
+            v-for="entry in filter_views"
+            :key="entry"
+            v-on:click="swap_view(entry)"
+          >
+            <a>{{ entry + " view" }} </a>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
       <TermVis
         ref="termVis"
         :active_node="active_node"
@@ -71,6 +94,9 @@ export default {
       node_size_index: null,
       centering_active: null,
       unconnected_nodes: null,
+      view: "term view",
+      view_filtering: false,
+      filter_views:['protein','citation']
     };
   },
   watch: {
@@ -183,17 +209,54 @@ export default {
         this.$store.commit("assign_active_enrichment_node", null);
       }
     },
-  },
+    handling_filter_menu() {
+      var com = this;
+      if (!com.view_filtering) {
+        com.view_filtering = true;
+
+        // Add the event listener
+        document.addEventListener("mouseup", com.handleMouseUp);
+      } else {
+        com.view_filtering = false;
+        document.removeEventListener("mouseup", com.handleMouseUp);
+      }
+    },
+    handleMouseUp(e) {
+      var com = this;
+
+      var container = document.getElementById("list-filter-categories");
+      var container_button = document.getElementById("pathway-filter");
+      if (
+        !container.contains(e.target) &&
+        !container_button.contains(e.target)
+      ) {
+        com.view_filtering = false;
+
+        // Remove the event listener
+        document.removeEventListener("mouseup", com.handleMouseUp);
+      }
+    },
+    swap_view(entry){
+      if(entry == "protein"){
+        this.$router.push("protein")
+      }
+      if(entry == "citation"){
+        this.$store.state.citation_graph_data
+        ? this.$router.push("citation")
+        : alert("Please generate first a citation graph via the citation section on protein view.")
+      }
+    }
+  }
 };
 </script>
 
 <style>
 .term-view {
-  background-color: #0a0a1a;
+  background-color: #0a1308;
   display: flex;
 }
 
 .term-view .colortype {
-  background: #0a0a1a;
+  background: #0a1308;
 }
 </style>