show

shows the specified item

mode

boolean

(optional), if set to true - selects the item after showing, false by default

Example

// init sidebar
var mySidebar = new dhtmlXSideBar({
    parent: "sidebarObj",
    template: "details",
    icons_path: "icons/16x16/",
    width: 160,
    items: [
        {id: "a1", text: "Item 1", icon: "image1.png", selected: true},
        {id: "a2", text: "Item 2", icon: "image2.png"},
        {id: "a3", text: "Item 3", icon: "image3.png"}
    ]
});
 
mySidebar.items("a1").hide(); // hide a1 and select a2
 
// show item
mySidebar.items("a1").show(); // show a1, but a2 still selected
// or
mySidebar.items("a1").show(true); // show a1 and then select

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