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HTML

<nav class="sidebar-find" id="sidebar-find">
      <ul class="nav-find">
        <li class="nav-find-item active">
          <a class="nav-find-link " href="#!dashboard">
            <i class="fa fa-tachometer menu-icon"></i> 
            <span class="menu-title"> Dashboard</span>
          </a>
        </li>
        <li class="nav-find-item">
          <a class="nav-find-link" href="#!rwrdshst">
            <i class="fa fa-user menu-icon"></i>
            <span class="menu-title">History</span>
          </a>
        </li>
      </ul>
    </nav>

CSS

.sidebar-find {
  color: #d8d8d8;
  background: #191F28;
  font-family: "nunito_sans_lightregular", sans-serif;
  padding: 0;
  width: 260px;
  z-index: 11;
  transition: width 0.25s ease, background 0.25s ease;
  -webkit-transition: width 0.25s ease, background 0.25s ease;
  -moz-transition: width 0.25s ease, background 0.25s ease;
  -ms-transition: width 0.25s ease, background 0.25s ease;
}
.sidebar-find .nav-find .nav-find-item {
  padding: 0 2.25rem;
  -webkit-transition-duration: 0.25s;
  -moz-transition-duration: 0.25s;
  -o-transition-duration: 0.25s;
  transition-duration: 0.25s;
  transition-property: background;
  -webkit-transition-property: background;
  border-bottom: 0.1px solid #4a4a4a;
}
.sidebar-find .nav-find .nav-find-item .nav-find-link {
  display: -webkit-flex;
  display: flex;
  -webkit-align-items: center;
  align-items: center;
  white-space: nowrap;
  padding: 1.125rem 0 1.125rem 0;
  color: #d8d8d8;
  text-decoration: none;  
  -webkit-transition-duration: 0.45s;
  -moz-transition-duration: 0.45s;
  -o-transition-duration: 0.45s;
  transition-duration: 0.45s;
  transition-property: color;
  -webkit-transition-property: color;
}
.sidebar-find .nav-find .nav-find-item .nav-find-link .menu-title {
  display: inline-block;
  font-size: 0.875rem;
  line-height: 1;
  vertical-align: middle;
}


.sidebar-find .nav-find .nav-find-item.active{
  background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #FFB88C, #191F28 10%);
}
.sidebar-find .nav-find.sub-menu .nav-find-item .nav-find-link:hover { color: #555555; }

.nav-find {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  padding-left: 0;
  margin-bottom: 0;
  list-style: none;
}