diff --git a/frontend/ui/reader/readermenu.lua b/frontend/ui/reader/readermenu.lua
index df92458c7..42c25c58c 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/reader/readermenu.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/reader/readermenu.lua
@@ -65,14 +65,22 @@ function ReaderMenu:onShowMenu()
 		self:setUpdateItemTable()
 	end
 
+	local menu_container = CenterContainer:new{
+		name = "haha",
+		ignore = "height",
+		dimen = Screen:getSize(),
+	}
+
 	local main_menu = nil
 	if Device:isTouchDevice() then
 		main_menu = TouchMenu:new{
+			name = "wocao",
 			tab_item_table = {
 				self.tab_item_table.navi,
 				self.tab_item_table.typeset,
 				self.tab_item_table.main,
 			},
+			parent = menu_container,
 		}
 	else
 		main_menu = Menu:new{
@@ -88,19 +96,13 @@ function ReaderMenu:onShowMenu()
 		end
 	end
 
-	local menu_container = CenterContainer:new{
-		ignore = "height",
-		dimen = Screen:getSize(),
-		main_menu,
-	}
-
-	main_menu.parent = menu_container
 	main_menu.close_callback = function ()
 		UIManager:close(menu_container)
 	end
+
+	menu_container[1] = main_menu
 	-- maintain a reference to menu_container
 	self.menu_container = menu_container
-
 	UIManager:show(menu_container)
 
 	return true
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/iconbutton.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/iconbutton.lua
index 1faeeddf5..760b98463 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/iconbutton.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/iconbutton.lua
@@ -40,11 +40,12 @@ end
 function IconButton:onTapClickButton()
 	self.image.invert = true
 	UIManager:setDirty(self.parent, "partial")
-	UIManager:scheduleIn(0.5, function()
+	-- make sure button reacts before doing callback
+	UIManager:scheduleIn(0.1, function()
+		self.callback()
 		self.image.invert = false
 		UIManager:setDirty(self.parent, "partial")
 	end)
-	self.callback()
 	return true
 end
 
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/touchmenu.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/touchmenu.lua
index 540a437f8..c524c63fb 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/touchmenu.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/touchmenu.lua
@@ -205,13 +205,28 @@ function TouchMenu:init()
 		menu = self,
 	}
 
-	self.item_group = VerticalGroup:new{}
+	self.item_group = VerticalGroup:new{
+		align = "left",
+	}
+
+	self.footer = HorizontalGroup:new{
+		IconButton:new{
+			invert = true,
+			icon_file = "resources/icons/appbar.chevron.left.png",
+			parent = self.parent,
+			callback = function()
+				self:backToUpperMenu()
+			end,
+		}
+	}
 
 	self[1] = FrameContainer:new{
 		padding = self.padding,
 		bordersize = self.bordersize,
 		background = 0,
-		self.item_group
+		-- menubar and footer will be inserted in
+		-- item_group in updateItems
+		self.item_group,
 	}
 
 	self:switchMenuTab(1)
@@ -260,23 +275,30 @@ function TouchMenu:updateItems()
 			table.insert(self.item_group, item_tmp)
 			-- insert split line
 			if c ~= self.perpage then
-				table.insert(self.item_group, LineWidget:new{
-					style = "dashed",
-					dimen = Geom:new{
-						w = item_width - 20,
-						h = 1,
+				table.insert(self.item_group, HorizontalGroup:new{
+					-- pad with spacing
+					HorizontalSpan:new{width = 10},
+					LineWidget:new{
+						style = "dashed",
+						dimen = Geom:new{
+							w = item_width - 20,
+							h = 1,
+						}
 					}
 				})
 			end
 		else
 			-- item not enough to fill the whole page, break out of loop
-			table.insert(self.item_group,
-				VerticalSpan:new{
-					width = self.item_height
-				})
-			break
+			--table.insert(self.item_group,
+				--VerticalSpan:new{
+					--width = self.item_height
+				--})
+			--break
 		end -- if i <= self.items
 	end -- for c=1, self.perpage
+
+	table.insert(self.item_group, VerticalSpan:new{width = 2})
+	table.insert(self.item_group, self.footer)
 	-- FIXME: this is a dirty hack to clear previous menus
 	-- refert to issue #664
 	UIManager.repaint_all = true
@@ -288,7 +310,13 @@ function TouchMenu:switchMenuTab(tab_num)
 		self.item_table = self.tab_item_table[tab_num]
 		self:updateItems()
 	end
-	return true
+end
+
+function TouchMenu:backToUpperMenu()
+	if #self.item_table_stack ~= 0 then
+		self.item_table = table.remove(self.item_table_stack)
+		self:updateItems()
+	end
 end
 
 function TouchMenu:closeMenu()
diff --git a/resources/icons/appbar.chevron.left.png b/resources/icons/appbar.chevron.left.png
index 7c96681b0..d479e024e 100644
Binary files a/resources/icons/appbar.chevron.left.png and b/resources/icons/appbar.chevron.left.png differ
diff --git a/resources/icons/src/appbar.chevron.left.svg b/resources/icons/src/appbar.chevron.left.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd888a110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/icons/src/appbar.chevron.left.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="1.1" baseProfile="full" width="76" height="76" viewBox="0 0 76.00 76.00" enable-background="new 0 0 76.00 76.00" xml:space="preserve">
+	<path fill="#000000" fill-opacity="1" stroke-width="0.2" stroke-linejoin="round" d="M 35.8724,37.6042L 39.0391,40.7708L 50.5182,51.8542L 40.2266,51.8542L 25.1849,37.6041L 40.2266,23.3542L 50.5182,23.3542L 39.0391,34.4375L 35.8724,37.6042 Z "/>
+</svg>