# Long category names

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/long-category-names/165092>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [September 23, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/long-category-names/165092 "2020-09-23T15:05:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![mentalstring](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mentalstring/32/168934_2.png) [@mentalstring](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mentalstring)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/long-category-names/165092/1 "2020-09-23T15:05:52Z")

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We happen to have specially verbose category names which revealed this:

 ![Screenshot 2020-09-23 at 16.01.45](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/1/e1a743b7b90d52323077fb56008d63093a29fa3a.png)

Maybe a max-width on that element? I would say it’s acceptable if the name is cropped since the full name can be seen by opening the dropdown.

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