# Cannot filter by subcategory without visiting parent category first

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-filter-by-subcategory-without-visiting-parent-category-first/18535
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [2014年八月6日 11:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-filter-by-subcategory-without-visiting-parent-category-first/18535 "2014-08-06T11:34:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![davemaxwell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/davemaxwell/32/108393_2.png) [@davemaxwell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davemaxwell)
#### Post date: [2014年八月6日 11:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-filter-by-subcategory-without-visiting-parent-category-first/18535/1 "2014-08-06T11:34:29Z")

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This is not a deal breaker as there are ways around it, but it is an annoyance. If you are on any of the latest/new/unread pages (category page as well, but I ignored that since the dropdown is kinda redundant there 😛), there is no way to filter by a sub-category unless you are in the parent category first.

So if I wanted to look just at spec, I have to select feature first, then filter by the sub-category. And I can’t get to translations without filtering by dev first.

_(please feel free to move this to feature if y’all disagree)_

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/f/4/f4ca261d1228fe908e2d114e84dba24c5d24f6d5.png)

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2014年八月6日 15:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-filter-by-subcategory-without-visiting-parent-category-first/18535/2 "2014-08-06T15:14:44Z")

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Why not just use the hamburger menu at the upper right, click on “Categories”, then click on the subcategory you want?

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### Author: ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [2014年八月6日 15:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-filter-by-subcategory-without-visiting-parent-category-first/18535/3 "2014-08-06T15:31:09Z")

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Because we are creatures of habit and flock towards the biggest most noticeable dropdown 😄

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### Author: ![davemaxwell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/davemaxwell/32/108393_2.png) [@davemaxwell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davemaxwell)
#### Post date: [2014年八月6日 15:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-filter-by-subcategory-without-visiting-parent-category-first/18535/4 "2014-08-06T15:33:38Z")

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And if I want the latest/unread/new, I have to choose one of those options.  
It’s still two steps.

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### Author: ![chapoi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chapoi/32/537252_2.png) [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [2025年十二月4日 11:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-filter-by-subcategory-without-visiting-parent-category-first/18535/5 "2025-12-04T11:31:09Z")

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