# Category Reordering UX could be simpler

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-reordering-ux-could-be-simpler/83171>\
**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** pr-welcome\
**Created:** [March 16, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-reordering-ux-could-be-simpler/83171 "2018-03-16T20:17:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![BlackKnob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/blackknob/32/93549_2.png) [@BlackKnob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BlackKnob)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-reordering-ux-could-be-simpler/83171/10 "2018-03-19T18:11:25Z")

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> [@awesomerobot](#):
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> A favorite example of a forum with a massive amount of categories (they’re not on Discourse, unfortunately) is All Devices - Android Forum for Mobile Phones, Tablets, Watches & Android App Development - XDA Forums

I took a look. It’s a true monster! Just scrolling this is painful, like looking through a flattened image of a support database, with every product made into a separate category.  
Most of them are records, that don’t ever require manual ordering, just alphabetical.

I’m really not here to judge. I just wonder if Discourse should even support this kind of design. A discussion forum is very different from a store or a repository database with a threaded commenting system, where Items you can comment on are not categories.

Would just leaving the category position box in the Category Settings be an acceptable compromise?

P.S. I apologize for making a clumsy MS-DOS reference. I didn’t mean to imply that a UX method is bad just because it’s old.

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