# Links to Categories from sidebar inappropriately ignore configured category appearance settings

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-categories-from-sidebar-inappropriately-ignore-configured-category-appearance-settings/239999>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Tags:** sidebar\
**Created:** [September 25, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-categories-from-sidebar-inappropriately-ignore-configured-category-appearance-settings/239999 "2022-09-25T11:33:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![tgxworld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tgxworld/32/106117_2.png) [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-categories-from-sidebar-inappropriately-ignore-configured-category-appearance-settings/239999/10 "2022-10-06T00:30:34Z")

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Yes because we no longer have contextual routing for the sidebar section links where the link may sometimes route to unread/new.

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