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title: "Function: useSideEntityController"
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▸ `Const` **useSideEntityController**(): [SideEntityController](../types/sideentitycontroller.md)<any\>

Get a reference to the controller used to open side dialogs for entity
edition. You can open side panels using schemas specified in the general
navigation, overriding them using a `SchemaResolver` or explicitly
using the open method of this controller.

#### Returns

[SideEntityController](../types/sideentitycontroller.md)<any\>

#### Defined in

[contexts/SideEntityController.tsx:59](https://github.com/Camberi/firecms/blob/42dd384/src/contexts/SideEntityController.tsx#L59)