# 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:** [3월 16, 2018, 8:17오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-reordering-ux-could-be-simpler/83171 "2018-03-16T20:17:07Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 5
### Author: ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh) #### Post date: [3월 19, 2018, 8:19오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-reordering-ux-could-be-simpler/83171/5 "2018-03-19T08:19:42Z")
> [@awesomerobot](#): > > I’m not so sure about that, drag and drop interfaces can be incredibly annoying especially with very long lists. Fair point, but the majority of Discourse forums do **not** have an excessive number of categories so I don’t see why we should deny them the easiest option available just because drag&drop _could_ be problematic in edge cases. Furthermore, one of the biggest shortcomings of our current re-ordering interface is that it treats sub-categories as independent instead of being in fact a child of a parent category. Right now #howto:sysadmin can be position 3 while #howto is position 8. In my opinion sub-categories should be positioned as something like 3-1, 3-2 etc, inheriting the primary position of their parent category. If only parent categories are shown by default in the re-ordering page, with sub-categories shown upon toggle, the average Discourse forum will have a very manageable number of categories to deal with. > [@Re-Ordering Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-ordering-categories/73501/2): > > our category ordering is ripe for its next iteration. This is one of those few areas where drag-and-drop excels. I’d like it to work almost exactly like WordPress menus: > > ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/e/1e64579316e00cecd7767a3dd2e95ff596b6d967.gif) --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-reordering-ux-could-be-simpler/83171)._