diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c45d1a1..bcd801c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ plugins
 └───TableOfContents
     │   style.css
     │   TableOfContents.php
+    └───js
+    	|   toc.js
 ```
 
 Pico Table Of Contents plugin requires PHP >=7.0.
@@ -70,6 +72,11 @@ In your template files, add a link to the plugin stylesheet in the `head` sectio
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{{ plugins_url }}/TableOfContents/style.css" />
     ...
 </head>
+...
+...
+<!-- TOC   -->
+<script src="{{ plugins_url }}/TableOfContents/js/toc.js"></script>
+</body>
 ```
 
 
@@ -88,6 +95,10 @@ You can change the default configuration by adding values to your `config` file.
   * **none** (no item marker is shown)
   * **default** (the default css style applied to lists)
 * `heading` - Heading text, if a heading for the ToC is desired. - *Default value: (unset)*
+* `toggle` - Activate the Show/Hide button or not. - *Default value: (true)*
+* `initially_hide` - Hidden ToC in initial state or not. - *Default value: (true)*
+* `hide_text` - The text of the button to hide the menu. - *Default value: (▲)*
+* `hide_text` - The text of the button to make the menu visible. - *Default value: (▼)*
 
 For reference, these values are set in `config/config.yml` using the following format:
 
@@ -102,6 +113,10 @@ TOC:
   tag: ol
   style: none
   heading: Contents
+  toggle: true
+  initially_hide: true
+  hide_text: ▲
+  show_text: ▼
 ```
 
 This configuration will be applied to the entire site, but it's also possible to override it for a specific page by adding the Meta headers with the same format (see the [example](#example)).
diff --git a/TableOfContents.php b/TableOfContents.php
index 1fc5f2c..b7e497a 100644
--- a/TableOfContents.php
+++ b/TableOfContents.php
@@ -23,9 +23,17 @@ class TableOfContents extends AbstractPicoPlugin
         'style' => 'none',
         // Heading text, if a heading for the table of contents is desired.
         'heading' => null,
+        // Show/hide the table of contents by default.
+        'toggle' => true,
+        // Hide toc initially
+        'initially_hide' => true,
+        // Hide text
+        'hide_text' => '▲',
+        // Show text
+        'show_text' => '▼',
     );
 
-    protected $min_headers, $min_level, $max_level, $tag, $style, $heading, $toc_element_xml;
+    protected $min_headers, $min_level, $max_level, $tag, $style, $toggle, $initially_hide, $hide_text, $show_text, $heading, $toc_element_xml;
 
     protected $available_tags = ['ol', 'ul'];
     protected $available_styles = ['numbers', 'bullets', 'none', 'default'];
@@ -90,6 +98,10 @@ public function onMetaParsed(array &$meta)
         $this->tag = $this->getVal('tag', $meta);
         $this->style = $this->getVal('style', $meta);
         $this->heading = $this->getVal('heading', $meta);
+        $this->initially_hide = $this->getVal('initially_hide', $meta);
+        $this->toggle = $this->getVal('toggle', $meta);
+        $this->hide_text = $this->getVal('hide_text', $meta);
+        $this->show_text = $this->getVal('show_text', $meta);
 
         // Check if the tag is valid
         if (!in_array($this->tag, $this->available_tags)) {
@@ -147,9 +159,21 @@ public function onContentParsed(&$content)
         $div_element->setAttribute('id', 'toc');
 
         // Add heading element, if enabled
-        if (isset($this->heading)) {
-            $heading_element = $document->createElement('div', $this->heading);
+        if (isset($this->heading) || $this->toggle) {
+            $heading_element = $document->createElement('div', isset($this->heading) ? $this->heading : '&nbsp;');
             $heading_element->setAttribute('class', 'toc-heading');
+            
+            // Create the toogle button element if enabled
+            if($this->toggle)
+            {
+                $button_element = $document->createElement('button', $this->initially_hide ? $this->show_text : $this->hide_text);
+                $button_element->setAttribute('id', 'toc-toggle');
+                $button_element->setAttribute('data-show-text', $this->show_text);
+                $button_element->setAttribute('data-hide-text', $this->hide_text);
+
+                $heading_element->appendChild($button_element);
+            }
+
             $div_element->appendChild($heading_element);
         }
 
@@ -208,7 +232,7 @@ private function getVal($key, $meta)
      * @param integer $index
      * @return DOMElement
      */
-    private function getList($document, $headers, &$index = 0)
+    private function getList($document, $headers, &$index = 0, $isTopLevel = true)
     {
         // Initialize ordered list element
         $list_element = $document->createElement($this->tag);
@@ -216,6 +240,14 @@ private function getList($document, $headers, &$index = 0)
             $list_element->setAttribute('class', "toc-$this->style");
         }
 
+        if ($this->toggle && $isTopLevel) {
+            $currentClass = $list_element->getAttribute('class');
+            $additionalClass = $this->initially_hide ? 'toc-hide' : 'toc-show';
+
+            $newClass = $currentClass . ($currentClass ? ' ' : '') . $additionalClass;
+            $list_element->setAttribute('class', $newClass);
+        }
+
         for ($index; $index < $headers->length; $index++) {
             $curr_header = $headers[$index];
             if (isset($curr_header->tagName) && $curr_header->tagName !== '') {
@@ -237,7 +269,7 @@ private function getList($document, $headers, &$index = 0)
                 if ($next_header && strtolower($curr_header->tagName) < strtolower($next_header->tagName)) {
                     // The next header is at a lower level -> add nested headers
                     $index++;
-                    $nested_list_element = $this->getList($document, $headers, $index);
+                    $nested_list_element = $this->getList($document, $headers, $index, false);
                     $li_element->appendChild($nested_list_element);
                 }
 
diff --git a/js/toc.js b/js/toc.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d7f99e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/toc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+var toggleTocElement = document.getElementById("toc-toggle");
+
+if (toggleTocElement) {
+    toggleTocElement.addEventListener("click", function() {
+        var tocElement = document.getElementById("toc");
+        if (tocElement) {
+            var xElement = tocElement.querySelector(".toc-hide, .toc-show");
+            if (xElement) {
+                if (xElement.classList.contains("toc-hide")) {
+                    xElement.classList.remove("toc-hide");
+                    xElement.classList.add("toc-show");
+                    this.innerText = this.getAttribute('data-hide-text');
+                } else if (xElement.classList.contains("toc-show")) {
+                    xElement.classList.remove("toc-show");
+                    xElement.classList.add("toc-hide");
+                    this.innerText = this.getAttribute('data-show-text');
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    });
+}
diff --git a/style.css b/style.css
index 52e2206..00d67a5 100644
--- a/style.css
+++ b/style.css
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #toc {
     border          : 1px solid #cdd;
     background-color: #f5f5ff;
-    margin          : 0;
+    margin          : 20px 0 20px 0;
     padding         : 1em;
     font-size       : 80%;
 }
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 .toc-numbers {
     counter-reset  : item;
-    list-style-type: none;  
+    list-style-type: none; 
 }
 .toc-numbers li:before {
     content          : counters(item, ". ") ". ";
@@ -39,4 +39,21 @@
 .toc-heading {
     font-size  : larger;
     font-weight: bold;
+    position: relative;
+}
+
+#toc-toggle {
+    position: absolute;
+    right: 10px;
+    top: 50%;
+    transform: translateY(-50%);
+    /* Weitere Stiloptionen nach Wunsch */
 }
+
+.toc-hide {
+    display: none; 
+}
+
+.toc-show {
+    display: inherit;
+}
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