> Portal Navigation:
> 
> - Append `.md` to any URL under `https://dev.wix.com/docs/` to get its markdown version.
> - Pages are either content pages (article or reference text) or menu pages (a list of links to child pages).
> - To get a menu page, truncate any URL to a parent path and append `.md` (e.g. `https://dev.wix.com/docs/sdk.md`, `https://dev.wix.com/docs/sdk/core-modules.md`).
> - Top-level index of all portals: https://dev.wix.com/docs/llms.txt
> - Full concatenated docs: https://dev.wix.com/docs/llms-full.txt

# Method name: openSideCart()

# Method package: wixEcomFrontend

# Method menu location: wixEcomFrontend --> openSideCart

# Method Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/apis/wix-ecom-frontend/open-side-cart.md

# Method Description:

Opens the side cart panel.

The `openSideCart()` method opens the side cart panel on the current page.



# Method Code Examples:

*** Note: do not assume any prop names or enum values other than the ones in the example.

## Open the Side Cart

```javascript
import wixEcomFrontend from 'wix-ecom-frontend';

$w('#myOpenSideCartButton').onClick(() => {
  // on button click - open the side cart
  wixEcomFrontend.openSideCart();
});
```

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