# Nível mínimo de departamento de categoria/subcategoria para postar um tópico

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [12 Dezembro , 2018 22:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minimum-category-sub-category-dept-level-to-post-a-topic/104150 "2018-12-12T22:10:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [12 Dezembro , 2018 22:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minimum-category-sub-category-dept-level-to-post-a-topic/104150/1 "2018-12-12T22:10:11Z")

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Hi,

- We have a category called “Help & Support”.

- This category has a bunch of subcategories. “Robotics”, “Programming”, etc.

- So far users can post in “Help & Support”.

- Our issue is that nobody is choosing a subcategory.

We would like to limit posting to only those subcategories.

One solution would be to lock the “Help & Support” category. However, we tested this options and since this disable the “New topic” button, people stopped posting there altogether.

Is there a way to keep a category open but configure the minimum depth level of subcategories selected?

Ideally, the current category (“Help & Support”) would be preselected and people would only need to click and select the subcategory.

Does anyone have an idea on how we could achieve this or similar behavior?

Thanks,  
R.

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