# Place category menu/breadcrumb in top bar next to logo if scrolled down

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/place-category-menu-breadcrumb-in-top-bar-next-to-logo-if-scrolled-down/39284>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [2016年二月9日 13:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/place-category-menu-breadcrumb-in-top-bar-next-to-logo-if-scrolled-down/39284 "2016-02-09T13:13:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![keunes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/keunes/32/183152_2.png) [@keunes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/keunes)\
**Post date:** [2016年二月9日 13:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/place-category-menu-breadcrumb-in-top-bar-next-to-logo-if-scrolled-down/39284/1 "2016-02-09T13:13:29Z")

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Currently, the category menu/breadcrumb bar (All categories // Latest // New (18) // Unread (7) // Top // Categories // Bookmarks) displays beneath the top bar (with the search, hamburger menu and user icon). These items (category menu/breadcrumb) disappear when scrolling down the page.

On a forum that uses Discourse, I suggested to place that in the top bar, just as the title & category of a thread is placed in the top bar when scrolling down. (They referred me here as they couldn’t change it)

It would (IMHO):

- most importantly (for me): provide an indication of where you are (even when lower on the page)
- increase discoverability
- allow you to create a new issue if you find out at the bottom that the current thread list doesn’t cover your problem
- save vertical screen space
- do stuff with one click less indeed (when not having to click on the hamburger menu)

So that it would look like this:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/4/64e25e2c492fcab7bc1a6a107c1302821bf89c37.png)

EDIT: Reason for me to post was the way it looks ugly on [https://forum.fairphone.com/c/meta](https://forum.fairphone.com/c/meta) when scrolling down the category page.

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**Author:** ![keunes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/keunes/32/183152_2.png) [@keunes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/keunes)\
**Post date:** [2016年二月9日 13:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/place-category-menu-breadcrumb-in-top-bar-next-to-logo-if-scrolled-down/39284/2 "2016-02-09T13:50:57Z")

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Same thing for the search results page btw. Would be nice to present the search terms plus the ‘new topic’ button when scrolled down.

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**Author:** ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Post date:** [2016年二月9日 18:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/place-category-menu-breadcrumb-in-top-bar-next-to-logo-if-scrolled-down/39284/3 "2016-02-09T18:21:05Z")

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This has been brought up before (by @erlend_sh):  
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-about-making-the-forum-index-menu-sticky/8275?u=jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-about-making-the-forum-index-menu-sticky/8275)

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**Author:** ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Post date:** [2016年二月9日 19:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/place-category-menu-breadcrumb-in-top-bar-next-to-logo-if-scrolled-down/39284/4 "2016-02-09T19:10:20Z")

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