# Being able to display excerpts for some categories only on /latest

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/being-able-to-display-excerpts-for-some-categories-only-on-latest/278713
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** topic-list-excerpts
**Created:** [June 20, 2022, 10:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/being-able-to-display-excerpts-for-some-categories-only-on-latest/278713 "2022-06-20T10:15:46Z")
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### Author: ![Jonathan5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jonathan5/32/197134_2.png) [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2022, 10:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/being-able-to-display-excerpts-for-some-categories-only-on-latest/278713/1 "2022-06-20T10:15:46Z")

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This is a great theme component. Thank you.

Would it be possible to have the `/latest` page behave differently?

Currently it displays excerpts for **all** topics if no categories are chosen in the TC settings, or displays excerpts for **no** topics if any category is chosen in the TC settings.

It would be nice for it to show excerpts in the `/latest` page for some categories’ topics and not others.

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### Author: ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/being-able-to-display-excerpts-for-some-categories-only-on-latest/278713/2 "2023-09-12T12:57:18Z")

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As an alternative, you can use the following example SCSS:

```scss
$categories: "marketplace", "general";

@each $category in $categories {
    .topic-list-item.category-#{$category} .topic-excerpt {
        display: none;
    }
}

```

This hides the excerpts for the categories “marketplace” and “general”.

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### Author: ![Heliosurge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/heliosurge/32/571810_2.png) [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/being-able-to-display-excerpts-for-some-categories-only-on-latest/278713/3 "2023-09-30T01:49:56Z")

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This idea could be handy crafted into a #Customization > Theme component or added feature to allow members to turn excerpts on or off on a category/tag type.