diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/sitewide/repository_row_card.js b/app/assets/javascripts/sitewide/repository_row_card.js
index 60b3336a8..aceed5d2e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/sitewide/repository_row_card.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/sitewide/repository_row_card.js
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@
   $(document).on('click', '.relationships-cell-wrapper', function(e) {
     e.stopPropagation();
     e.preventDefault();
-    const relationshipsUrl = $(this).attr('data-relationships-url');
-    window.itemRelationshipsModal.show(relationshipsUrl);
+    const myModuleId = $('.my-module-content').data('task-id');
+    // extract the href attribute from a neighboring column cell, required for sidebar to open
+    const repositoryRowURL = $(this).closest('tr').find('.sorting_1 a').attr('href');
+
+    window.repositoryItemSidebarComponent.toggleShowHideSidebar(repositoryRowURL, myModuleId, 'relationships-section');
   });
 
   $(document).on('click', '.record-info-link', function (e) {
@@ -17,7 +20,7 @@
     e.stopPropagation();
     e.preventDefault();
 
-    window.repositoryItemSidebarComponent.toggleShowHideSidebar(repositoryRowURL, myModuleId);
+    window.repositoryItemSidebarComponent.toggleShowHideSidebar(repositoryRowURL, myModuleId, null);
   });
 
   $(document).on('click', '.print-label-button', function(e) {
diff --git a/app/javascript/vue/repository_item_sidebar/RepositoryItemSidebar.vue b/app/javascript/vue/repository_item_sidebar/RepositoryItemSidebar.vue
index 6a4c6900b..fa3675af1 100644
--- a/app/javascript/vue/repository_item_sidebar/RepositoryItemSidebar.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/vue/repository_item_sidebar/RepositoryItemSidebar.vue
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
                 <!-- RELATIONSHIPS -->
                 <section id="relationships-section" class="flex flex-col" ref="relationshipsSectionRef">
                   <div class="flex flex-row text-base font-semibold w-[350px] pb-4 leading-7 items-center justify-between transition-colors duration-300"
-                       ref="relationships-label">
+                    ref="relationships-label">
                     {{ i18n.t('repositories.item_card.section.relationships') }}
                   </div>
                   <template v-if="!parentsCount && !childrenCount">
@@ -271,9 +271,9 @@
                 { id: 'highlight-item-1', textId: 'text-item-1', labelAlias: 'information_label', label: 'information-label', sectionId: 'information-section' },
                 { id: 'highlight-item-2', textId: 'text-item-2', labelAlias: 'custom_columns_label', label: 'custom-columns-label', sectionId: 'custom-columns-section' },
                 { id: 'highlight-item-3', textId: 'text-item-3', labelAlias: 'relationships_label', label: 'relationships-label', sectionId: 'relationships-section' },
-                { id: 'highlight-item-3', textId: 'text-item-3', labelAlias: 'assigned_label', label: 'assigned-label', sectionId: 'assigned-section' },
-                { id: 'highlight-item-4', textId: 'text-item-4', labelAlias: 'QR_label', label: 'QR-label', sectionId: 'qr-section' }
-              ]" v-show="isShowing">
+                { id: 'highlight-item-4', textId: 'text-item-4', labelAlias: 'assigned_label', label: 'assigned-label', sectionId: 'assigned-section' },
+                { id: 'highlight-item-5', textId: 'text-item-5', labelAlias: 'QR_label', label: 'QR-label', sectionId: 'qr-section' }
+              ]" v-show="isShowing" :initialSectionId="this.initialSectionId">
               </scroll-spy>
             </div>
           </div>
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@
 import InlineEdit from '../shared/inline_edit.vue';
 import ScrollSpy from './repository_values/ScrollSpy.vue';
 import CustomColumns from './customColumns.vue';
-import RepositoryItemSidebarTitle from './Title.vue'
+import RepositoryItemSidebarTitle from './Title.vue';
 
 export default {
   name: 'RepositoryItemSidebar',
@@ -333,7 +333,8 @@ export default {
       inRepository: false,
       icons: null,
       relationshipDetailsState: {},
-    }
+      initialSectionId: null,
+    };
   },
   created() {
     window.repositoryItemSidebarComponent = this;
@@ -341,19 +342,19 @@ export default {
   computed: {
     repositoryRowName() {
       return this.defaultColumns?.archived ? `${I18n.t('labels.archived')} ${this.defaultColumns?.name}` : this.defaultColumns?.name;
-    }
+    },
   },
   watch: {
     parents() {
-      this.parents.forEach(parent => {
+      this.parents.forEach((parent) => {
         this.$set(this.relationshipDetailsState, parent.code, false);
       });
     },
     children() {
-      this.children.forEach(child => {
+      this.children.forEach((child) => {
         this.$set(this.relationshipDetailsState, child.code, false);
       });
-    }
+    },
   },
   mounted() {
     // Add a click event listener to the document
@@ -366,36 +367,37 @@ export default {
   },
   methods: {
     handleOutsideClick(event) {
-      if (!this.isShowing) return
+      if (!this.isShowing) return;
 
       // Check if the clicked element is not within the sidebar and it's not another item link or belogs to modals
       const selectors = ['a', '.modal', '.label-printing-progress-modal', '.atwho-view'];
 
-      if (!$(event.target).parents('#repository-item-sidebar-wrapper').length &&
-        !selectors.some(selector => event.target.closest(selector))) {
+      if (!$(event.target).parents('#repository-item-sidebar-wrapper').length
+        && !selectors.some((selector) => event.target.closest(selector))) {
         this.toggleShowHideSidebar(null);
       }
     },
-    toggleShowHideSidebar(repositoryRowUrl, myModuleId = null) {
+    toggleShowHideSidebar(repositoryRowUrl, myModuleId = null, initialSectionId = null) {
+      if (initialSectionId) {
+        this.initialSectionId = initialSectionId;
+      } else this.initialSectionId = null;
+
       // initial click
       if (this.currentItemUrl === null) {
         this.myModuleId = myModuleId;
         this.isShowing = true;
         this.loadRepositoryRow(repositoryRowUrl);
         this.currentItemUrl = repositoryRowUrl;
-        return
       }
       // click on the same item - should just open/close it
       else if (this.currentItemUrl === repositoryRowUrl) {
         this.isShowing = !this.isShowing;
-        return
       }
       // explicit close (from emit)
       else if (repositoryRowUrl === null) {
         this.isShowing = false;
         this.currentItemUrl = null;
         this.myModuleId = null;
-        return
       }
       // click on a different item - if the item card is already showing should just fetch new data
       else {
@@ -403,11 +405,10 @@ export default {
         this.myModuleId = myModuleId;
         this.loadRepositoryRow(repositoryRowUrl);
         this.currentItemUrl = repositoryRowUrl;
-        return
       }
     },
     loadRepositoryRow(repositoryRowUrl) {
-      this.dataLoading = true
+      this.dataLoading = true;
       $.ajax({
         method: 'GET',
         url: repositoryRowUrl,
@@ -432,7 +433,7 @@ export default {
           this.$nextTick(() => {
             this.generateBarCode(this.defaultColumns.code);
           });
-        }
+        },
       });
     },
     reload() {
@@ -450,7 +451,7 @@ export default {
       const barCodeCanvas = bwipjs.toCanvas('bar-code-canvas', {
         bcid: 'qrcode',
         text,
-        scale: 3
+        scale: 3,
       });
       this.barCodeSrc = barCodeCanvas.toDataURL('image/png');
     },
@@ -468,7 +469,7 @@ export default {
         },
       }).done((response) => {
         if (response) {
-          this.customColumns = this.customColumns.map(col => col.id === response.id ? { ...col, ...response } : col)
+          this.customColumns = this.customColumns.map((col) => (col.id === response.id ? { ...col, ...response } : col));
           if ($('.dataTable')[0]) $('.dataTable').DataTable().ajax.reload(null, false);
         }
       });
@@ -476,6 +477,6 @@ export default {
     updateOpenState(code, isOpen) {
       this.$set(this.relationshipDetailsState, code, isOpen);
     },
-  }
-}
+  },
+};
 </script>
diff --git a/app/javascript/vue/repository_item_sidebar/repository_values/ScrollSpy.vue b/app/javascript/vue/repository_item_sidebar/repository_values/ScrollSpy.vue
index 2db7a371f..f6b493851 100644
--- a/app/javascript/vue/repository_item_sidebar/repository_values/ScrollSpy.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/vue/repository_item_sidebar/repository_values/ScrollSpy.vue
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export default {
 
   props: {
     itemsToCreate: Array,
+    initialSectionId: String || null,
   },
 
   data() {
@@ -40,23 +41,21 @@ export default {
       centerOfScrollThumb: null,
     };
   },
-
   mounted() {
     console.log('mounted');
     window.addEventListener('resize', this.handleResize);
     this.initializeComponent();
     this.$nextTick(() => {
-      this.calculateAllSectionsCumulativeHeight()
+      this.calculateAllSectionsCumulativeHeight();
       this.calculateSectionsHeight();
-      this.constructThresholds()
-      this.handleScroll()
+      this.constructThresholds();
+      this.handleScroll();
 
       if (!this.initialSectionId) {
-        this.navigateToSection(this.itemsToCreate[0])
-      }
-      else {
-        const itemToNavigateTo = this.itemsToCreate.find((item) => item.sectionId === this.initialSectionId)
-        this.navigateToSection(itemToNavigateTo)
+        this.navigateToSection(this.itemsToCreate[0]);
+      } else {
+        const itemToNavigateTo = this.itemsToCreate.find((item) => item.sectionId === this.initialSectionId);
+        this.navigateToSection(itemToNavigateTo);
       }
     });
   },
@@ -65,12 +64,11 @@ export default {
     window.removeEventListener('resize', this.handleResize);
     this.removeScrollListener();
   },
-
   methods: {
     initializeComponent() {
-      const bodyWrapperEl = document.getElementById('body-wrapper')
-      const scrollSpyContentEl = document.getElementById('scrollSpyContent')
-      this.bodyContainerEl = bodyWrapperEl
+      const bodyWrapperEl = document.getElementById('body-wrapper');
+      const scrollSpyContentEl = document.getElementById('scrollSpyContent');
+      this.bodyContainerEl = bodyWrapperEl;
       this.sections = Array.from(scrollSpyContentEl.querySelectorAll('section[id]'));
       this.navigationItemsStatus = Array(this.sections.length).fill(false);
       this.navigationItemsStatus[0] = true;
@@ -86,18 +84,18 @@ export default {
     },
 
     calculateAllSectionsCumulativeHeight() {
-      let totalHeight = 0
+      let totalHeight = 0;
 
       this.itemsToCreate.forEach((item) => {
         const sectionEl = document.getElementById(item.sectionId);
-        totalHeight += sectionEl.offsetHeight
-      })
-      this.allSectionsCumulativeHeight = totalHeight
+        totalHeight += sectionEl.offsetHeight;
+      });
+      this.allSectionsCumulativeHeight = totalHeight;
     },
 
     calculateSectionsHeight() {
       // Initialize an array to store the height data for each section
-      this.sectionsWithHeight = this.itemsToCreate.map(item => {
+      this.sectionsWithHeight = this.itemsToCreate.map((item) => {
         // Find the DOM element for the section
         const sectionEl = document.getElementById(item.sectionId);
 
@@ -108,8 +106,8 @@ export default {
         // Return an object containing the section ID and its percentage height
         return {
           sectionId: item.sectionId,
-          heightPx: heightPx,
-          percentHeight: percentHeight
+          heightPx,
+          percentHeight,
         };
       });
     },
@@ -119,57 +117,55 @@ export default {
     // on the % of vertical space of scrollable content that they occupy
     constructThresholds() {
       const scrollableArea = this.bodyContainerEl;
-      const deltaTravel = scrollableArea.scrollHeight - scrollableArea.clientHeight
+      const deltaTravel = scrollableArea.scrollHeight - scrollableArea.clientHeight;
       const viewportHeight = scrollableArea.clientHeight;
       const scrollableAreaHeight = scrollableArea.scrollHeight;
       const scrollThumbHeight = Math.round(viewportHeight / scrollableAreaHeight * viewportHeight);
-      const scrollThumbCenter = Math.round(scrollThumbHeight / 2)
-      this.centerOfScrollThumb = scrollThumbCenter
-      this.scrollPosition = scrollThumbCenter
+      const scrollThumbCenter = Math.round(scrollThumbHeight / 2);
+      this.centerOfScrollThumb = scrollThumbCenter;
+      this.scrollPosition = scrollThumbCenter;
 
-      let prevThreshold = scrollThumbCenter
+      let prevThreshold = scrollThumbCenter;
 
       for (let i = 0; i < this.sectionsWithHeight.length; i++) {
         // first section
         if (i === 0) {
-          const from = prevThreshold
-          const to = Math.round(deltaTravel * this.sectionsWithHeight[i].percentHeight / 100) + prevThreshold
-          const id = this.sectionsWithHeight[i].sectionId
-          prevThreshold = to + 1
+          const from = prevThreshold;
+          const to = Math.round(deltaTravel * this.sectionsWithHeight[i].percentHeight / 100) + prevThreshold;
+          const id = this.sectionsWithHeight[i].sectionId;
+          prevThreshold = to + 1;
           const threshold = {
             id,
             index: i,
             from,
-            to
-          }
-          this.thresholds[i] = threshold
-        }
-        // last section
-        else if (i === this.sectionsWithHeight.length - 1) {
-          const from = prevThreshold
-          const to = scrollableArea.scrollHeight
-          const id = this.sectionsWithHeight[i].sectionId
+            to,
+          };
+          this.thresholds[i] = threshold;
+        } else if (i === this.sectionsWithHeight.length - 1) {
+          // last section
+          const from = prevThreshold;
+          const to = scrollableArea.scrollHeight;
+          const id = this.sectionsWithHeight[i].sectionId;
           const threshold = {
             id,
             index: i,
             from,
-            to
-          }
-          this.thresholds[i] = threshold
-        }
-        else {
+            to,
+          };
+          this.thresholds[i] = threshold;
+        } else {
           // other sections
-          const from = prevThreshold
-          const to = Math.round(deltaTravel * this.sectionsWithHeight[i].percentHeight / 100) + prevThreshold - 1
-          const id = this.sectionsWithHeight[i].sectionId
-          prevThreshold = to + 1
+          const from = prevThreshold;
+          const to = Math.round(deltaTravel * this.sectionsWithHeight[i].percentHeight / 100) + prevThreshold - 1;
+          const id = this.sectionsWithHeight[i].sectionId;
+          prevThreshold = to + 1;
           const threshold = {
             id,
             index: i,
             from,
-            to
-          }
-          this.thresholds[i] = threshold
+            to,
+          };
+          this.thresholds[i] = threshold;
         }
       }
     },
@@ -188,26 +184,24 @@ export default {
       this.removeScrollListener();
 
       const scrollableArea = this.bodyContainerEl;
-      const foundThreshold = this.thresholds.find((obj) => obj.id === navigationItem.sectionId)
-      const domElToScrollTo = document.getElementById(navigationItem.label)
+      const foundThreshold = this.thresholds.find((obj) => obj.id === navigationItem.sectionId);
+      const domElToScrollTo = document.getElementById(navigationItem.label);
 
       if (foundThreshold.index === 0) {
         // scroll to top
         this.bodyContainerEl.scrollTo({
           top: 0,
-          behavior: "auto"
+          behavior: 'auto',
         });
-      }
-      else if (foundThreshold.index === this.thresholds.length - 1) {
+      } else if (foundThreshold.index === this.thresholds.length - 1) {
         // scroll to bottom
         this.bodyContainerEl.scrollTo({
           top: 99999,
-          behavior: "auto"
+          behavior: 'auto',
         });
-      }
-      else {
+      } else {
         // scroll to the start of a section's threshold, adjusted for the center thumb value (true center)
-        scrollableArea.scrollTop = foundThreshold.from - this.centerOfScrollThumb
+        scrollableArea.scrollTop = foundThreshold.from - this.centerOfScrollThumb;
       }
       this.flashTitleColor(domElToScrollTo);
 
@@ -216,7 +210,7 @@ export default {
     },
 
     flashTitleColor(domEl) {
-      if (!domEl) return
+      if (!domEl) return;
 
       domEl.classList.add('text-sn-science-blue');
       setTimeout(() => domEl.classList.remove('text-sn-science-blue'), 300);
@@ -224,9 +218,9 @@ export default {
 
     handleResize() {
       this.$nextTick(() => {
-        this.calculateAllSectionsCumulativeHeight()
+        this.calculateAllSectionsCumulativeHeight();
         this.calculateSectionsHeight();
-        this.constructThresholds()
+        this.constructThresholds();
       });
     },
 
@@ -249,6 +243,6 @@ export default {
         }
       });
     },
-  }
-}
+  },
+};
 </script>