We are setting up a new site that will have a lot of 2nd tier categories. I would like to just have the first tier, or ‘liked’ categories show in the drop down hamburger menu. Is this possible? With 200+ categories in total, sometimes this menu does not come down at all. Thanks Tim

[image] codinghorror: subcategory display Thanks. Having trouble finding it. Can you point me in the right direction?

I believe i found it. Show subcategory list instead of topic list when entering a category does what i was looking for. Thanks again.

To be fair, this setting might be a little misnamed since it does have some other effects on the system .. I guess we should call it the “I have way too many $%^#* categories” setting :wink:

Edit the category and set it there.

all I find there is suppressing from home page. I want to not show categories in the hamburger menu. I think I misread the issue of Tim’s original post here though.

I believe that’s the same setting. Try it. @neil can confirm

If you are only wanting to limit the categories in the hamburger menu, CSS can do it. /* to hide them all */ .hamburger-panel ul.category-links { display: none; } /* to hide only subcategories */ .hamburger-panel ul.category-links li.subcategory { display: none; } You can also target specific cat…

[image] cpradio: /* to hide only subcategories */ .hamburger-panel ul.category-links li.subcategory { display: none; } thanks! I notice that I might have to actually selectively hide the, as all/nothing seems to be a bit too blunt in my case. i will figure it out. I noticed something strang…

Can I limit the number of categories in the drop down menu?

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codinghorror (Jeff Atwood) May 7, 2016, 10:24pm 2

Yes, turn off subcategory display in the site settings.

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Can I limit the number of categories in the drop down menu?

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