# Header Categories Navbar

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/header-categories-navbar/249179>\
**Category:** Theme component\
**Tags:** official, categories-navbar\
**Created:** [December 16, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/header-categories-navbar/249179 "2022-12-16T19:57:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![nathank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nathank/32/290039_2.png) [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/header-categories-navbar/249179/2 "2022-12-17T21:04:54Z")

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This is really cool - I love it, Kris! It will combine with the #sidebar beautifully, allowing the core cats up top and a short personalised selection on the bar.

I’ve noticed two little UX issues that could really give it a lift if addressed:

### UX: Category selection highlight

When on a category list, the correct category has a lovely subtle underline.

However, this doesn’t persist if a Topic or a subcategory is entered.

It would be lovely if it did persist in both of those situations.

### UX: scroll / overflow on mobile

There is a nice little fade / subtle arrow visible when there is overflow of the categories on desktop.

Overflow is much more likely on mobile, but on my device (Chrome / Android) these subtle cues are not present - and it isn’t clear that scrolling is possible.

It might also help to have the categories bar a little taller on mobile to make scrolling easier.

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