diff --git a/src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/UIDashboard.js b/src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/UIDashboard.js
index 5e86f0b90..28ac84a17 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/UIDashboard.js
+++ b/src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/UIDashboard.js
@@ -99,10 +99,12 @@ async function UIDashboard (options) {
                     continue;
                 }
                 const isActive = i === 0 ? ' active' : '';
-                h += `<div class="dashboard-sidebar-item${isActive}" data-section="${tab.id}" data-tooltip="${html_encode(tab.label)}">`;
+                const tabHash = tab.id === 'home' ? '' : `#${tab.id}`;
+                const tabHref = tabHash || window.location.pathname;
+                h += `<a class="dashboard-sidebar-item allow-native-ctxmenu${isActive}" href="${tabHref}" data-section="${tab.id}" data-tooltip="${html_encode(tab.label)}">`;
                     h += tab.icon;
                     h += tab.label;
-                h += '</div>';
+                h += '</a>';
             }
             h += '</div>';
 
@@ -391,7 +393,8 @@ async function UIDashboard (options) {
     window.addEventListener('popstate', handleRouteChange);
 
     // Sidebar item click handler
-    $el_window.on('click', '.dashboard-sidebar-item', function () {
+    $el_window.on('click', '.dashboard-sidebar-item', function (e) {
+        e.preventDefault();
         const $this = $(this);
         const section = $this.attr('data-section');
 
diff --git a/src/gui/src/css/dashboard.css b/src/gui/src/css/dashboard.css
index 1a9e2e278..14e7e615e 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/css/dashboard.css
+++ b/src/gui/src/css/dashboard.css
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ body {
     cursor: pointer;
     font-size: 14px;
     color: var(--dashboard-text);
+    text-decoration: none;
     transition: background-color 0.15s;
     flex-shrink: 0;
 }