# Improving the category list in the hamburger menu
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-category-list-in-the-hamburger-menu/92739
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [7월 19, 2018, 5:49오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-category-list-in-the-hamburger-menu/92739 "2018-07-19T17:49:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 18
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### Author:  [@Stranik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stranik)
#### Post date: [7월 30, 2018, 1:37오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-category-list-in-the-hamburger-menu/92739/42 "2018-07-30T13:37:37Z")
Thanks, it works! It is perfectly 👍 🎉
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### Author:  [@GuidoD](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GuidoD)
#### Post date: [7월 30, 2018, 1:48오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-category-list-in-the-hamburger-menu/92739/43 "2018-07-30T13:48:06Z")
I can confirm works fine, we did set it now to 20 categories.
Only the translation of the word “more” in the german user interface is not yet there. 😉
But that will probably follow soon.
And nice feature that it now also does show how many more categories there are, thanks for adding it.
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### Author:  [@Dmitry\_Krasnoperov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dmitry_Krasnoperov)
#### Post date: [7월 30, 2018, 10:14오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-category-list-in-the-hamburger-menu/92739/44 "2018-07-30T22:14:50Z")
HUGE THANKS! 😍
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [7월 30, 2018, 11:16오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-category-list-in-the-hamburger-menu/92739/45 "2018-07-30T23:16:16Z")
> [@vinothkannans](#):
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> hamburger menu categories count
Let’s rename this to `header_dropdown_category_count`, it is a clearer name and we really want to avoid 🍔 in our documentations
Overall I am loving this change ❤💚🧡💜
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### Author:  [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)
#### Post date: [7월 31, 2018, 4:11오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-category-list-in-the-hamburger-menu/92739/46 "2018-07-31T04:11:43Z")
> [@sam](#):
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> Let’s rename this to `header_dropdown_category_count`
The site setting is renamed 👍
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### Author:  [@Stranik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stranik)
#### Post date: [8월 1, 2018, 9:54오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-category-list-in-the-hamburger-menu/92739/47 "2018-08-01T09:54:32Z")
The first thing I want to say is a huge thank you to everyone who took part in the creation of this good menu.
👍 🎉
But I have one question. And the behavior that is demonstrated below is scheduled? I am not subscribed to this category, why it takes place above other categories (subscribed to).
Yes, there was a new post, and it should be in the tape above others, a in the menu?
This is me modeling the situation, I don’t actually have any ignored sections here. And I had to wait a while to get the result higher.
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### Author:  [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)
#### Post date: [8월 1, 2018, 10:26오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-category-list-in-the-hamburger-menu/92739/48 "2018-08-01T10:26:22Z")
It’s by design. If category have unread/new posts then it will be displayed above all other.
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### Author:  [@Stranik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stranik)
#### Post date: [8월 1, 2018, 10:34오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-category-list-in-the-hamburger-menu/92739/49 "2018-08-01T10:34:28Z")
Good. And if new topics are created very often. (one of my sites, themes are created up to 20 per minute). Then there will be no point in subscribing; categories with new topics will always be at the top of the list?
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### Author:  [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)
#### Post date: [8월 1, 2018, 11:02오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-category-list-in-the-hamburger-menu/92739/50 "2018-08-01T11:02:03Z")
Yes, I also think we should only prioritize categories by unread topics. We can limit new topics check in user preference categories. @sam @codinghorror thoughts?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [8월 1, 2018, 11:04오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-category-list-in-the-hamburger-menu/92739/51 "2018-08-01T11:04:46Z")
Hmm, I think we are gold plating this now.. I would prefer to keep the behavior simple rather than adding a lot of complex rules.
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### Author:  [@Stranik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stranik)
#### Post date: [8월 1, 2018, 11:18오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-category-list-in-the-hamburger-menu/92739/52 "2018-08-01T11:18:22Z")
IMHO, but the simplest behavior is to see what we are subscribed to. With enough activity on the site, the categories we subscribe to do not appear in the visible area.
I signed up, I see it.
Model, I subscribed to the category, but I will see it only when there is no activity in other categories, it is more difficult.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [8월 2, 2018, 6:07오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-category-list-in-the-hamburger-menu/92739/53 "2018-08-02T06:07:45Z")
For me… the current behavior is perfect, I read everything on meta so I find it really nice to get an overview of the categories I am going to have to dip in to.
I am very much with @codinghorror here, lets just live with the current behavior for a few weeks.
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### Author:  [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)
#### Post date: [9월 30, 2018, 2:23오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-category-list-in-the-hamburger-menu/92739/54 "2018-09-30T14:23:05Z")
#### Second opinion:
In our scenario this breaks the UX, as we have some kind of logical ordering of categories and we have kept the number of categories relatively low.
Now that categories are sorted based on popularity (or something) the ordering is totally illogical and therefore confusing. We like to keep all categories visible, since that enables one click/tap navigation around the community.
Is the a way to revert back to old fixed sorting of categories?
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### Author:  [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)
#### Post date: [10월 2, 2018, 10:35오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-category-list-in-the-hamburger-menu/92739/55 "2018-10-02T22:35:30Z")
> [@ljpp](#):
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> Is the a way to revert back to old fixed sorting of categories?
Set `header dropdown category count` to the number of categories you have or higher.
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [10월 2, 2018, 11:09오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-category-list-in-the-hamburger-menu/92739/56 "2018-10-02T23:09:29Z")
> [@tophee](#):
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> Set `header dropdown category count` to the number of categories you have or higher.
Are you sure? AFAIK, that will display all of the categories without needing to go to the categories page to get to them, but the sort order will change. As long as the names and colors are easily recognizable it shouldn’t be much of a problem. But those members used to relying on “muscle memory” based on a category’s position in the menu will need to relearn their navigation habit.
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### Author:  [@Jumanji](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jumanji)
#### Post date: [2월 28, 2020, 7:14오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-category-list-in-the-hamburger-menu/92739/57 "2020-02-28T19:14:42Z")
카테고리 목록 정렬이 단순히 읽지 않은/새로운 주제 수 기준이고 다른 기준은 없는지 확인해 주실 수 있나요?
감사합니다!
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [2월 14, 2022, 1:14오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-category-list-in-the-hamburger-menu/92739/58 "2022-02-14T01:14:50Z")
@awesomerobot 사이드버거가 여기에서 원문(OP)을 대체하는 것 같습니다.
메타에 우리가 가진 아이디어 중 일부를 공유하고 이 주제를 닫는 것이 어떨까요?
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [12월 3, 2025, 1:46오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-category-list-in-the-hamburger-menu/92739/59 "2025-12-03T13:46:53Z")
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