diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/MFViewController.m b/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/MFViewController.m
index 383d923a..cd245630 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/MFViewController.m
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/MFViewController.m
@@ -324,6 +324,19 @@
     return [self.loadObject.pageJSON lenientBoolForKey:@"showRightPanel"];
 }
 
+
+- (BOOL)isOverridingRightButton {
+    NSDictionary *rightPanelLinkDict = [self.loadObject.pageJSON dict:@"rightPanelButtonLink"];
+    if (rightPanelLinkDict) {
+        [[MVMCoreActionHandler sharedActionHandler] handleActionWithDictionary:rightPanelLinkDict
+                                                                additionalData:nil
+                                                                      delegate:self];
+        return YES;
+    } else {
+        return NO;
+    }
+}
+
 - (void)setSupportShouldBeAccessible:(BOOL)supportShouldBeAccessible {
     
     MVMCoreUISplitViewController *splitViewController = [MVMCoreUISession sharedGlobal].splitViewController;
diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUIDetailViewProtocol.h b/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUIDetailViewProtocol.h
index 5af78022..0c5a865d 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUIDetailViewProtocol.h
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUIDetailViewProtocol.h
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 // Called when the back button is pressed. Overwrite for special functionality.
 - (void)backButtonPressed;
 
+// View Controller can override this method and do custom action instead of opening the right panel
+- (BOOL)isOverridingRightButton;
+
+// View Controller can override this method and do custom action instead of opening the left panel
+- (BOOL)isOverridingLeftButton;
+
 @end
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END
diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUISplitViewController.m b/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUISplitViewController.m
index bd150f59..7dfb97e0 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUISplitViewController.m
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUISplitViewController.m
@@ -142,11 +142,18 @@ CGFloat const PanelAnimationDuration = 0.2;
 
 - (IBAction)leftPanelButtonPressed:(id)sender {
     [MVMCoreDispatchUtility performBlockOnMainThread:^{
+        UIViewController *viewController = self.navigationController.topViewController;
+
+        // If Viewcontroller confirms to protocol and implements the the method leftPanelButtonPressed
+        if ([viewController conformsToProtocol:@protocol(MVMCoreUIDetailViewProtocol)]
+            && [viewController respondsToSelector:@selector(isOverridingLeftButton)]
+            && [((UIViewController <MVMCoreUIDetailViewProtocol> *)viewController) isOverridingLeftButton]) {
+            return;
+        }
+        
         if (self.mainViewLeading.constant < .1) {
-            
             // Hide the keyboard
-            [self.navigationController.topViewController.view endEditing:YES];
-            
+            [viewController.view endEditing:YES];
             // Show
             [self showLeftPanelAnimated:YES];
         } else {
@@ -169,10 +176,18 @@ CGFloat const PanelAnimationDuration = 0.2;
 
 - (IBAction)rightPanelButtonPressed:(id)sender {
     [MVMCoreDispatchUtility performBlockOnMainThread:^{
+        UIViewController *viewController = self.navigationController.topViewController;
+
+        // If Viewcontroller confirms to protocol and implements the the method rightPanelButtonPressed
+        if ([viewController conformsToProtocol:@protocol(MVMCoreUIDetailViewProtocol)]
+            && [viewController respondsToSelector:@selector(isOverridingRightButton)]
+            && [((UIViewController <MVMCoreUIDetailViewProtocol> *)viewController) isOverridingRightButton]) {
+            return;
+        }
+        
         if (self.mainViewTrailing.constant < .1) {
             // Hide the keyboard
-            [self.navigationController.topViewController.view endEditing:YES];
-            
+            [viewController.view endEditing:YES];
             // Show
             [self showRightPanelAnimated:YES];
         } else {