# Enable switching "Show Category Hierachy" in topic lists as a core setting
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-switching-show-category-hierachy-in-topic-lists-as-a-core-setting/324860
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [September 4, 2024, 8:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-switching-show-category-hierachy-in-topic-lists-as-a-core-setting/324860 "2024-09-04T08:50:56Z")
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### Author:  [@elRicharde](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elRicharde)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2024, 8:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-switching-show-category-hierachy-in-topic-lists-as-a-core-setting/324860/1 "2024-09-04T08:50:56Z")
> [@How to show Category Hierarchy in Topic-List with CSS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-show-category-hierarchy-in-topic-list-with-css/325060):
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> Hi Everyone and thanks for your time to read. I´ve searched the forum for hours and tried a bit with chat gpt and a testforum but i need some help here. In our ngo we want to rearange our categorys so that each department has its own category with 3 Subcategories: [image] So Basically generic like: Topcategory = Name of department Subcategories: news questions internal If you imagine having 10 or more departments writing news, you´ll can´t see from who is the news in result-list, becaus…
> [@No "parent/main category" visible on main topic page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-parent-main-category-visible-on-main-topic-page/320732/2):
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> Hey, welcome to Meta slight_smile Do you mean, for example, from [NVIDIA\_Share\_270OXVsrdT] to: [NVIDIA\_Share\_iMU83Nr3Gj] ? If so, you can try this component: [GitHub - Arkshine/discourse-show-parent-category-link](https://github.com/Arkshine/discourse-show-parent-category-link)
Would it be possible to add this as a core setting?
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2024, 7:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-switching-show-category-hierachy-in-topic-lists-as-a-core-setting/324860/2 "2024-09-05T07:18:03Z")
It looks like there may already be a theme component that does this, per your other topic - [How to show Category Hierarchy in Topic-List with CSS - #2 by Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-show-category-hierarchy-in-topic-list-with-css/325060/2)
If that solves it for you, am I good to close off this #Contribute > Feature request to avoid doubling up?
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### Author:  [@elRicharde](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elRicharde)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2024, 9:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-switching-show-category-hierachy-in-topic-lists-as-a-core-setting/324860/3 "2024-09-05T09:14:58Z")
yes, thanks. It actually solved with the problem.
Maybe that´s still something for the “Standard” settings. If not, the theme-component solved my Problem perfectly. Thanks again
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2024, 9:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-switching-show-category-hierachy-in-topic-lists-as-a-core-setting/324860/4 "2024-09-05T09:31:40Z")
> [@elRicharde](#):
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> Maybe that´s still something for the “Standard” settings. If not, the theme-component solved my Problem perfectly. Thanks again
I’ve tweaked the OP to better reflect the updated feature request, but please feel free to flesh it out and make a stronger case for it if you’d like to. 🙂