# Advanced search limited to categories you can reply in

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-limited-to-categories-you-can-reply-in/78669>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [January 22, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-limited-to-categories-you-can-reply-in/78669 "2018-01-22T15:55:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Hkep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7993a0/32.png) [@Hkep](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hkep)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-limited-to-categories-you-can-reply-in/78669/1 "2018-01-22T15:55:53Z")

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Categorized option doesn’t show the options correctly.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/a/f/af0b2dfc5016235a6602ed3ccdf102e48b05e3ed.png)  
As you can see (hopefully), the “Categorized” search option in the Advanced Search is limited to only what you are allowed to _post_ in. I think you’re supposed to be able to search within what categories you can _look_ in.

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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-limited-to-categories-you-can-reply-in/78669/2 "2018-01-22T22:41:14Z")

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@j.jaffeux can you have a look at this, we allow categories to be “read only” by setting it in the security tab.

I think this particular page should ship the list of “allowed read” categories and then use it to populate the dropdown.

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**Author:** ![j.jaffeux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j.jaffeux/32/60297_2.png) [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 11:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-limited-to-categories-you-can-reply-in/78669/4 "2018-01-25T11:03:48Z")

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This should be fixed by:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/01f999595624de853b4d6ac77eaddfc7714d6c3c](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/01f999595624de853b4d6ac77eaddfc7714d6c3c)

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**Author:** ![j.jaffeux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j.jaffeux/32/60297_2.png) [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 11:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-limited-to-categories-you-can-reply-in/78669/5 "2018-01-25T11:03:54Z")

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**Author:** ![j.jaffeux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j.jaffeux/32/60297_2.png) [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 11:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-limited-to-categories-you-can-reply-in/78669/6 "2018-01-25T11:05:34Z")

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I didn’t follow exactly what you said, I think the solution is enough, but I have a limited knowledge of all the category permissions flow. From my tests it seems to work as intended, please let me know if you think I forgot a case.