# Reply as linked topic should default to same category
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-as-linked-topic-should-default-to-same-category/26033
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [March 5, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-as-linked-topic-should-default-to-same-category/26033 "2015-03-05T16:52:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@badevguru](https://meta.discourse.org/u/badevguru)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-as-linked-topic-should-default-to-same-category/26033/1 "2015-03-05T16:52:31Z")
This is a particularly thorny issue if the topic is in a private category because the category drop down of the reply will default to the most popular category, not the category of the original topic which people would assume meaning high likely hood they will end up posting an intended private forum post publicly.
## Steps
1. Select a topic that is not in the same category that defaults to the top of the category drop down box.
2. Select the reply-as-linked topic option
## Expected Behavior
The category drop down matches the category selected in step 1.
## Actual Behavior
The category drop down just defaults to the normal default for any new topic post
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-as-linked-topic-should-default-to-same-category/26033/2 "2015-03-05T16:56:08Z")
Slightly related:
> [@Disallowing "uncategorized" entries still offers uncategorized as default category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disallowing-uncategorized-entries-still-offers-uncategorized-as-default-category/17142/26):
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> Okay, so a PR that put Select a Category when Create Topic from the Latest page and defaulted to the current Category when using Reply as New Topic would be accepted? Just making sure I understand what you deem to be appropriate, so I can throw it on a “look into, to see if I’m comfortable making this change” list.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-as-linked-topic-should-default-to-same-category/26033/3 "2015-03-05T21:41:06Z")
We should fix this @eviltrout.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2015, 5:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-as-linked-topic-should-default-to-same-category/26033/4 "2015-03-21T05:22:03Z")
This was fixed a few days ago.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2015, 5:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-as-linked-topic-should-default-to-same-category/26033/5 "2015-03-21T05:22:06Z")
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-as-linked-topic-should-default-to-same-category/26033/6 "2016-01-26T19:41:56Z")
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2016, 8:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-as-linked-topic-should-default-to-same-category/26033/9 "2016-02-12T08:56:48Z")
This is still a bug, can you add it to your list @eviltrout?
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### Author:  [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-as-linked-topic-should-default-to-same-category/26033/10 "2016-03-01T19:09:14Z")
Looks like it regressed at some point. Probably an Ember upgrade.
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/fff119a55443176e7f7e32e322daac08d19f5abc](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/fff119a55443176e7f7e32e322daac08d19f5abc)
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### Author:  [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-as-linked-topic-should-default-to-same-category/26033/11 "2016-03-01T19:09:17Z")