# Improving Navigation and User Experience: Retaining Current Category Selection for New Threads **URL:** \ **Category:** UX\ **Tags:** solved\ **Created:** [October 15, 2023, 8:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-navigation-and-user-experience-retaining-current-category-selection-for-new-threads/282273 "2023-10-15T08:47:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![PrettyGirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/prettygirl/32/330415_2.png) [@PrettyGirl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PrettyGirl)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 8:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-navigation-and-user-experience-retaining-current-category-selection-for-new-threads/282273/1 "2023-10-15T08:47:45Z")
**Scenario:** Go to a `Resolved` topic and click the `'Reply'` button. You will then see the composer for replying. However, if you click the `'Start a New Topic'` link on your right-hand side, the category will automatically switch to `'General'`. The user is already in a specific category. Therefore, I believe that when the user clicks on the link, the current category should not change to ‘General’ or any other category. The user must be able to create a new thread while remaining in their current category. Furthermore, the text provided is a bit misleading. It suggests that if you have an ‘unrelated issue,’ you should start a new topic. But in this instance, when the user is attempting to reply to the topic, it’s highly probable they are experiencing the same problem or a closely related version of it. Therefore, the ‘Start a New Topic’ link should not direct the user to the ‘General’ category. The following screenshot is taken after clicking the `'Start a New Topic'` link. Is there any setting to change this behaviour? ![Screenshot 2023-10-15 at 7.39.22 pm](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/2/2/222fd971ebafbf11d21d8fefdafcbda6c39a5417.png) --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-navigation-and-user-experience-retaining-current-category-selection-for-new-threads/282273)._