works but hacky

src/components/side_drawer/side_drawer.js

@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 const SideDrawer = {
-  props: [ 'activatePanel', 'closed' ],
+  props: [ 'activatePanel', 'closed', 'clickoutside' ],
   computed: {
     currentUser () {
       return this.$store.state.users.currentUser
+    }
+  },
+  methods: {
+    gotoPanel (panel) {
+      this.activatePanel(panel)
+      this.clickoutside && this.clickoutside()
     },
-    chat () {
-      return this.$store.state.chat.channel
+    clickedOutside () {
+      if (typeof this.clickoutside === 'function') {
+        this.clickoutside()
+      }
     }
   }
 }