# 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:** [19.Июль.2018 17:49:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-category-list-in-the-hamburger-menu/92739 "2018-07-19T17:49:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [19.Июль.2018 17:49:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-category-list-in-the-hamburger-menu/92739/1 "2018-07-19T17:49:28Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [Proposing a left-aligned slide out hamburger menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/proposing-a-left-aligned-slide-out-hamburger-menu/30287/21).

The category list in the hamburger menu probably isn’t the best way to navigate between categories. In cases where a community has a large list of categories and subcategories, it likely isn’t very good at all.

 ![47%20PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/0/606cb6a87a0b7e61d03982637e24ee6ff7a5fe79.png)

When you’re on a topic list page using the breadcrumb dropdowns are definitely my go-to for category navigation, now with the added bonus of being searchable.

 ![43%20PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/8/9871da4b7c002e3850bf8ee5d900badc7b1a51f1.png)

I suspect navigating from /latest to /categories might even be a bit superior, because it can do a better job at showing subcategory hierarchy and additional details (takes the same number of clicks, but a little more scrolling).

 ![02%20PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/b/f/bf2ab0ea159227fe4c4a27ad93df165f5ef08c21.png)

The #1 case for using the hamburger is when you’re in a topic or other page that’s not a topic list… (or I guess if you’re scrolled really far down the topic list and don’t want to scroll back up or refresh the page?)

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**So, how could categories in the hamburger menu be improved?**

- Do they need to be there at all? Would that menu generally be better and less noisy if we directed you with a single link to /categories? This would require one more click than selecting a category directly from the menu.

- Or if a community has more than 10-15 categories, do we limit the list to most popular? Should we suppress subcategories by default (this is a common request). As a phase 2, could this be _your_ most frequented categories?

Am I totally wrong about the menu? are you using it all the time? thoughts? additional ideas/examples?

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