# Provide the «New Category» dialog with an ability to choose an existing topic as the category topic

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-the-new-category-dialog-with-an-ability-to-choose-an-existing-topic-as-the-category-topic/57543
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [17 فبراير 2017، 1:05م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-the-new-category-dialog-with-an-ability-to-choose-an-existing-topic-as-the-category-topic/57543 "2017-02-17T13:05:07Z")
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### Author: ![dmitry\_fedyuk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dmitry_fedyuk/32/293153_2.png) [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)
#### Post date: [17 فبراير 2017، 1:05م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-the-new-category-dialog-with-an-ability-to-choose-an-existing-topic-as-the-category-topic/57543/1 "2017-02-17T13:05:07Z")

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Provide the «New Category» dialog with an ability to choose an existing topic as the category topic.

See also: [Provide the «New Category» dialog with an ability to suppress an auto-creation of the category topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-the-new-category-dialog-with-an-ability-to-suppress-an-auto-creation-of-the-category-topic/57541).

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [17 فبراير 2017، 4:23م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-the-new-category-dialog-with-an-ability-to-choose-an-existing-topic-as-the-category-topic/57543/2 "2017-02-17T16:23:09Z")

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My concern here is that it would complicate the UI quite a lot for a case that is enormously rare.