Disable the "listing of new topics in a category" interstitial for users with unread topics

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dubwoc asked how to disable the interstitial that redirects users to a filtered view of new topics (e.g., /c/events/4/l/new) when clicking a category with unread topics, preferring instead to show the default category view with all topics. Moin suggested checking the setting “default sidebar link to filtered list,” which users can also customize in their preferences at {yourDiscourseSite}/my/preferences/navigation-menu. dubwoc confirmed this was the correct setting and thanked Moin for the solution.

When a new topic is added to a category and a user clicks on that category they are presented with an interstitial that hides all the other topics in a category, only showing the new topics until they either read the topics or click a Dismiss New

For example if a user clicks on the category “Events,” if the user has unread topics in that category discourse redirects the user to something like:

mydiscoursesite.org/c/events/4/l/new

I’d like to not have the user be redirected to /l/new and have them go to the default view of the category showing all topics, including new ones.

Is there a setting for this? I looked for a setting and searched here and was unable to identify an option.

In the sidebar?
Then I guess you are looking for default sidebar link to filtered list. Users can also change that individually in their preferences at {yourDiscourseSite}/my/preferences/navigation-menu

Thank you, that was exactly the setting I needed to revert!