diff --git a/cms/disk.py b/cms/disk.py
index 4437a61..65e94d1 100644
--- a/cms/disk.py
+++ b/cms/disk.py
@@ -97,11 +97,10 @@ def read (**_args):
         # Inferring the type of the data to be returned
         _mimeType = 'application/octet-stream'
         _extension = _uri.split('.')[-1]
-        if _extension in ['css','js','csv'] :
+        if _extension in ['css','js','csv','html'] :
             _mimeType = f'text/{_extension}'
         elif _extension in ['png','jpg','jpeg'] :
             _mimeType = f'image/{_extension}'
-
         return _stream, _mimeType
     return None,_mimeType
 def exists(**_args):
@@ -123,6 +122,7 @@ def html(_uri,_config) :
         if not _config :
             _api = os.sep.join(['api/disk/read?uri=',_layout['root']])
         else:
+            
             _api = os.sep.join([f'{_context}/api/disk/read?uri=',_layout['root']])
         if f"{_layout['root']}{os.sep}" in _html :
             _html = _html.replace(f"{_layout['root']}",_api)
diff --git a/cms/engine/basic.py b/cms/engine/basic.py
index 8dd5b2f..7a1da60 100644
--- a/cms/engine/basic.py
+++ b/cms/engine/basic.py
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ class Initializer :
             _index = 0
             for _item in _submenu :
                 text = _item['text'].strip()
+                
                 if text in _overwrite :
                     if 'uri' in _item and  'url' in _overwrite[text] :
                         del _item['uri']
@@ -204,6 +205,7 @@ class Initializer :
             #
             # If there are missing items in the sorting
             _missing = list(set(self._menu.keys()) - set(_sortedmenu))
+            
             if _missing :
                 for _name in _missing :
                     _menu[_name] = self._menu[_name]
@@ -234,6 +236,13 @@ class Initializer :
         #
         # update the menu items and the configuration 
         #
+        _keys = list(_menu.keys())
+        # for _key in _keys :
+        #     if len(_menu[_key]) == 0 :
+        #         del _menu[_key]
+        # #
+        # # doing some house-keeping work here to make sure the front-end gets clean data
+        # #
         _layout['menu'] = _menu
         self._config['layout'] = _layout
     def _ilogo(self):
diff --git a/cms/index.py b/cms/index.py
index b6be9e3..5dc3236 100644
--- a/cms/index.py
+++ b/cms/index.py
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ def _aindex (app,resource=None):
 #     """
 #     global _config    
 #     return "0",200
-  
-@_app.route('/dialog')
-def _dialog ():
+@_app.route('/<app>/dialog')  
+@_app.route('/dialog',defaults={'app':'main'})
+def _dialog (app):
     # global _config 
     global _route
     _handler = _route.get()
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def _dialog ():
     
     _id = request.headers['dom']
     # _html = ''.join(["<div style='padding:1%'>",str( e.render(**_args)),'</div>'])
-    _args = _route.render(_uri,'html',session.get('app_id','main'))
+    _args = _route.render(_uri,'html',app) #session.get('app_id','main'))
     _args['title'] = _id
     return render_template('dialog.html',**_args) #title=_id,html=_html)
 
diff --git a/cms/static/js/menu.js b/cms/static/js/menu.js
index 7dc0972..2ffb331 100644
--- a/cms/static/js/menu.js
+++ b/cms/static/js/menu.js
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ menu.events._dialog = function (_item,_context){
     http.get(_context+'/dialog',function(x){
         
         jx.modal.show({html:x.responseText,id:'dialog'})
-        // menu.events.finalize ('.jxmodal')
+        menu.events.finalize ('.jxmodal')
     })
 
 }
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ menu.events._open = function (id,uri,_context){
    
     $('.content').children().slideUp()
     $('#'+id).remove()
+    
     var httpclient = HttpClient.instance()
         _context  = (_context == null)?'':_context;
         httpclient.setHeader('uri',uri)
@@ -138,14 +139,13 @@ menu.events._open = function (id,uri,_context){
             var _html = x.responseText
             var _dom = $(_html)
             
-            
             if(jx.dom.exists(pid) && jx.dom.exists(id)){
                 jx.dom.remove(id)
                 
             }
             $(pid).append(_dom)
             var ref = pid + ' #'+id
-            menu.events.finalize (ref)
+            // menu.events.finalize (ref)
             $(pid).children().slideUp('fast', function(){
                 
                 $(ref ).slideDown('fast',function(){
@@ -174,6 +174,20 @@ menu.utils = {}
 menu.utils.format = function(text){
     return text.replace(/(-|_)/g,' ').trim()
 }
+menu.utils._delegate = function (_id,_itemIndex,_index) {
+    if ($(_id).children().length >= _itemIndex ){
+        var _node = $(_id).children()[_itemIndex ]
+        if ($(_node).children().length >= _index ){
+            var _node = $(_node).children()[_index]
+            _node = $(_node).find('.active')
+            if ($(_node).length > 0 ){
+                $(_node)[0].click()
+            }
+        }
+        
+    
+    }
+}
 menu.events.finalize = function (ref) {
     var scripts = $(ref+' script')
   
@@ -202,6 +216,7 @@ var QCMSBasic= function(_layout,_context,_clickEvent) {
     this._make = function (_items){
         var _panes = []
         var _context = this._context ;
+        
         _items.forEach(_item=>{
             var _div = jx.dom.get .instance('DIV')
         
@@ -215,8 +230,7 @@ var QCMSBasic= function(_layout,_context,_clickEvent) {
             $(_div).on('click', function (){
                 //
                 // how do we process this ...
-                
-                if(this.data.uri) {
+                if(this.data.uri && this.data.type != 'open') {
 
                     if (this.data.type == 'dialog') {
                         menu.events._dialog(this.data,_context)
@@ -224,7 +238,11 @@ var QCMSBasic= function(_layout,_context,_clickEvent) {
                         menu.events._open(menu.utils.format(this.data.text),this.data.uri,_context)
                     }
                 }else{
-                    window.open(this.data.url,menu.utils.format(this.data.text))
+                    if (this.data.uri != null){
+                        window.open(this.data.uri,'_self')
+                    }else{
+                        window.open(this.data.url,menu.utils.format(this.data.text))
+                    }
                 }
             })
 
@@ -242,6 +260,7 @@ var QCMSBasic= function(_layout,_context,_clickEvent) {
         
         // Object.keys(this._layout.menu)
         _names.forEach(function(_name){
+            
             var _div = _me._make(_layout.menu[_name]) ;