diff --git a/openslides/agenda/static/javascript/agenda.js b/openslides/agenda/static/javascript/agenda.js
index 0dfdfd92d..f834c5e69 100644
--- a/openslides/agenda/static/javascript/agenda.js
+++ b/openslides/agenda/static/javascript/agenda.js
@@ -65,19 +65,25 @@ $(function() {
             }
         });
     });
-    // hide closed items
-    $('#action_field span').after($('<a id="hidelink" class="hidelink hide" title="hide" href="#"><span></span></a>').click(function () {
+    // filter to show/hide closed items
+    $('#hide_closed_items').click(function(event) {
+        // show all items
         if ($.cookie('Slide.HideClosed') == 1) {
             $.cookie('Slide.HideClosed', 0);
             hideClosedSlides(false);
-        } else {
+            $('#hide_closed_items').attr('checked', false);
+        } 
+        else { // hide closed items
             $.cookie('Slide.HideClosed', 1);
             hideClosedSlides(true);
+            $('#hide_closed_items').attr('checked', true);
         }
-    }));
+    });
     if ($.cookie('Slide.HideClosed') === null) {
+        $('#hide_closed_items').attr('checked', false);
         $.cookie('Slide.HideClosed', 0);
     } else if ($.cookie('Slide.HideClosed') == 1) {
         hideClosedSlides(true);
+        $('#hide_closed_items').attr('checked', true);
     }
 });
diff --git a/openslides/agenda/static/styles/agenda.css b/openslides/agenda/static/styles/agenda.css
index 42cde9622..3983d3826 100644
--- a/openslides/agenda/static/styles/agenda.css
+++ b/openslides/agenda/static/styles/agenda.css
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-a.close_link.closed span {
+/* agenda item open/closed */
+a.close_link span {
     background-image: url(../images/icons/task-complete-grey.png);
     background-repeat: no-repeat;
     background-position: center;
@@ -6,32 +7,11 @@ a.close_link.closed span {
     height: 16px;
     display: inline-block;
 }
-a.close_link.open span {
+a.close_link.closed span {
     background-image: url(../images/icons/task-complete.png);
-    background-repeat: no-repeat;
-    background-position: center;
-    width: 16px;
-    height: 16px;
-    display: inline-block;
 }
 
-a.hidelink.hide span {
-    background-image: url(../images/icons/layer-visible-off.png);
-    background-repeat: no-repeat;
-    background-position: center;
-    width: 16px;
-    height: 16px;
-    display: inline-block;
-}
-a.hidelink.show span {
-    background-image: url(../images/icons/layer-visible-on.png);
-    background-repeat: no-repeat;
-    background-position: center;
-    width: 16px;
-    height: 16px;
-    display: inline-block;
-}
-/* activate link */
+/* agenda item inactive/active */
 a.activate_link span {
     background-image: url(../images/icons/task-accepted-grey.png);
     background-repeat: no-repeat;
@@ -43,4 +23,3 @@ a.activate_link span {
 a.activate_link.active span {
     background-image: url(../images/icons/task-accepted.png);
 }
-
diff --git a/openslides/agenda/templates/agenda/item_row.html b/openslides/agenda/templates/agenda/item_row.html
index d43a41fdc..b2c9d5676 100644
--- a/openslides/agenda/templates/agenda/item_row.html
+++ b/openslides/agenda/templates/agenda/item_row.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     {% if item.active %}activeline{% endif %}">
     <td>
         {% if perms.agenda.can_manage_agenda %}
-            <a class="close_link {% if item.closed %}closed{% else %}open{% endif %}" href="{% if item.closed %}{% url item_open item.id %}{% else %}{% url item_close item.id %}{% endif %}">
+            <a class="close_link {% if item.closed %}closed{% endif %}" href="{% if item.closed %}{% url item_open item.id %}{% else %}{% url item_close item.id %}{% endif %}">
                 <span></span>
             </a>
         {% elif item.closed %}
diff --git a/openslides/agenda/templates/agenda/overview.html b/openslides/agenda/templates/agenda/overview.html
index dd6eb24f4..90e9447aa 100644
--- a/openslides/agenda/templates/agenda/overview.html
+++ b/openslides/agenda/templates/agenda/overview.html
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@
 
 {% block content %}
     <h1>{% trans "Agenda" %}</h1>
+
+    <p>
+    {%trans "Filter" %}:
+    <input type="checkbox" id="hide_closed_items"> {%trans "Hide closed items" %}
+    </p>
+    {{ items|length }} {% trans "items" %}<span id="hiddencount"></span>
     {% if items %}
         <form action="/agenda/" method="post">{% csrf_token %}
             {% if perms.agenda.can_manage_agenda %}
@@ -50,7 +56,6 @@
                 </em>
             </div>
             {% endif %}
-
             <table id="menu-overview" class="agendatable">
                 <tr>
                     <th style="width: 1px;">{% trans "Done" %}</th>
@@ -63,13 +68,9 @@
                 <tr class="topline {% if overview %}activeline{% endif %}">
                     <td></td>
                     <td>
-                        <b>{% trans "Agenda" %} ({{ items|length }} {% trans "items" %}<span id="hiddencount"></span>)</b>
-                    </td>
-                    <td>
-                        <span id="action_field" style="width: 1px; white-space: nowrap;">
-                            <span></span>
-                        </span>
+                        <b>{% trans "Agenda" %}</b>
                     </td>
+                    <td></td>
                 </tr>
 
                 {% for item in items %}