Manually sort subcategories in a specific parent category?

[jrgong]

Hey guys

I tried to search but could not find anything. I have a specific parent category with subcategory boxes enabled. Is there any way to manually sort the subcategory boxes? I tried via CSS but it only works on a page reload.

Cheers
Jr

[Moin]

Setting the order for all categories is probably not what you are looking for, is it? This would allow you to determine the order of the subcategories.

Reordering categories and setting fixed category positions

This guide explains how to set fixed positions for categories in Discourse, allowing you to manually order categories on your site. Required user level: Administrator Discourse typically orders categories based on activity, with the most recently active categories appearing at the top of your categories page and in the main navigation category dropdown. However, you can set fixed positions for your categories if you prefer a custom, static order. This guide w…

[jrgong]

We were thinking to do exactly that. At the moment, we are using the default order in the settings, we might as well switch to manual and optimize that for our users.