diff --git a/src/templates/app.html b/src/templates/app.html
index 518a9cc24..dd6d43ccb 100644
--- a/src/templates/app.html
+++ b/src/templates/app.html
@@ -13,14 +13,21 @@
 
     <div id="content" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 1100px">
       <div class="hide-toggle" style="width: 300px; height: 100%; float: left;">
-        <!--<button type="button" class="btn" onclick="createNewTopLevelNote()">Create new note</button>-->
-
         <p>
           <label>Search:</label>
           <input name="search" autocomplete="off">
           <button id="btnResetSearch">&times;</button>
           <span id="matches"></span>
         </p>
+
+        <a onclick="createNewTopLevelNote()" title="Create new top level note">
+          <img src="stat/icons/file-plus.png" alt="Create new top level note"/>
+        </a>
+
+        <a onclick="collapseTree()" title="Collapse tree">
+          <img src="stat/icons/list.png" alt="Collapse tree"/>
+        </a>
+
         <div id="tree">
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/static/js/init.js b/static/js/init.js
index bc41a3217..7f2312f4a 100644
--- a/static/js/init.js
+++ b/static/js/init.js
@@ -94,8 +94,6 @@ $(document).on('click', 'div.popover-content a', function(e) {
     }
 });
 
-let linkInfo;
-
 $(document).bind('keydown', 'alt+l', function() {
     var range = $('#noteDetail').summernote('createRange');
     console.log("range:", range);
diff --git a/static/js/tree.js b/static/js/tree.js
index 35b1e8464..3da823f3b 100644
--- a/static/js/tree.js
+++ b/static/js/tree.js
@@ -202,4 +202,12 @@ $("button#btnResetSearch").click(function () {
 
     let tree = $("#tree").fancytree("getTree");
     tree.clearFilter();
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
+
+function collapseTree() {
+    $("#tree").fancytree("getRootNode").visit(function(node){
+        node.setExpanded(false);
+    });
+}
+
+$(document).bind('keydown', 'alt+c', collapseTree);
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