# Ability to reorder categories in the sidebar

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-reorder-categories-in-the-sidebar/241730>\
**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** sidebar\
**Created:** [October 12, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-reorder-categories-in-the-sidebar/241730 "2022-10-12T16:18:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![dylanb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dylanb/32/139102_2.png) [@dylanb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanb)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-reorder-categories-in-the-sidebar/241730/11 "2022-10-12T16:18:51Z")

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> [@Try out the new sidebar and notification menus!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/try-out-the-new-sidebar-and-notification-menus/238821/11):
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> We initially had it implemented this way but found it even more problematic in earlier testing. Part of the problem is that the UI for choosing things doesn’t allow you to easily reorder them. At some point, custom ordering may be on the table, but we need a better UX for that if we want to support it. For now, alphabetical felt like the better tradeoff.

Has any way to sort the sidebar categories been implemented? This is critical for my implementation.

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