# Notification setting button with context
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-setting-button-with-context/59383
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [March 17, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-setting-button-with-context/59383 "2017-03-17T23:59:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@nukeador](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nukeador)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-setting-button-with-context/59383/1 "2017-03-17T23:59:32Z")
Hi,
One of the main complains we are getting from people new to discourse is that it’s not easy or natural to discover how to “subscribe” to a category.
Buttons now:
Is it possible to add another visual aid to make it clear that button there is where you have to go to follow a category?
I was thinking on text aid like:
Also, when you are not logged in there are no buttons. Maybe these buttons should be there to drive users to create an account/log in and get the action done (new post/subscribe) smoothly.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-setting-button-with-context/59383/2 "2017-03-18T13:25:33Z")
That’s a good point. I don’t know how one would guess that the little circle means “manage subscription.”
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-setting-button-with-context/59383/3 "2017-03-18T17:14:43Z")
It’s one of the JIT “discoverable” things. When a member is on a Category list page _in desktop view_ it displays in the menu row. That in itself should suggest it’s a menu item.
True, the circle icons may not mean much, especially to a newer member, but there is the down arrow indicating there’s more to be seen. Once that’s opened the fuller descriptions are there.
I confess I didn’t notice it there right away myself. I used my Profile Preference Settings to Watch the categories I had interest in.
But it would be more consistent to have it display more like the topic level setting that is below topics - if there is room for the extra width.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-setting-button-with-context/59383/4 "2017-03-19T14:03:34Z")
Wait, why don’t you try it out in a site customization? totally doable today.
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### Author:  [@nukeador](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nukeador)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-setting-button-with-context/59383/5 "2017-03-19T15:01:54Z")
> [@sam](#):
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> Wait, why don’t you try it out in a site customization? totally doable today.
Yeah, that’s one way, but I was wondering if isn’t this something that can be improved for all discourse users somehow? 😉
Plus, it would be nice to be able to have it localized too.
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### Author:  [@pacharanero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pacharanero)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-setting-button-with-context/59383/6 "2026-01-30T13:40:01Z")
I’ve created a small, prototype TC which allows Staff users to create a “Watch This Category” button, making Watching more discoverable for users.
> [@Discourse Watch Category Button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-watch-category-button/394656):
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> discourse2Summary Watch Category Button adds a marker span that becomes a “Watch this category” button in posts.hammer_and_wrenchRepository [https://github.com/pacharanero/discourse-watch-category-button](https://github.com/pacharanero/discourse-watch-category-button)open_bookNew to Discourse Themes? [Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966) Install this theme component information_source This theme component uses the logged‑in user’s session to update category notification levels; no API keys are required. Features Add…