Discourse Events

We’ve noticed another issue after the recent Events update.

Our community uses category calendars for local groups. Each group category contains both recurring events and regular discussion topics (questions, announcements, photos, follow-ups, etc.).

Since the update, categories with Events enabled seem to only offer “New Event” as the primary action. As a result, it is no longer obvious how to create a regular topic in these categories.

For our use case, this is a significant usability issue. We intentionally keep discussions and events together in the same category, as they belong to the same local group.

Was this change intentional? It would be very helpful if categories with Events enabled could still offer “New Topic” as the primary action, while allowing users to create an event when needed.