# Pointer-events error in category-list.scss

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/pointer-events-error-in-category-list-scss/201247>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [August 21, 2021, 11:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pointer-events-error-in-category-list-scss/201247 "2021-08-21T11:50:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nikki\_Locke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nikki_locke/32/146184_2.png) [@Nikki\_Locke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nikki_Locke)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 11:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pointer-events-error-in-category-list-scss/201247/1 "2021-08-21T11:50:26Z")

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If you create an about topic for a category, it is displayed under the category name in the category list.

If this topic has links, they appear as links in the category list, but are not clickable.

The relevant css in category-list.scss is:

```plaintext
  .description {
    margin-bottom: 1em;
    text-align: center;
    font-size: $font-0;
    color: var(--primary-med-or-secondary-high);
    position: relative;
    @include line-clamp(4);

    // allow clicks to fall through the description text to the category below...
    pointer-events: none;
    .overflow {
      max-height: 6em;
      div a {
        // ...but links in description should still be clickable
        pointer-events: auto;
      }
    }

```

If the `div` in `div a` is removed, links work fine.

NB I tried to reproduce this on [try.discourse.org](http://try.discourse.org), but I didn’t have edit rights to a topic description.