# "Show subcategory list" is weird

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-subcategory-list-is-weird/25789>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [27 فبراير 2015، 7:53م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-subcategory-list-is-weird/25789 "2015-02-27T19:53:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [27 فبراير 2015، 7:53م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-subcategory-list-is-weird/25789/1 "2015-02-27T19:53:50Z")

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So I enabled “show subcategory list” feature, I like Discourse this way much better. But main category also shows topics from all subcategories - why? :yuno:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/b/4b28e9eaf19e4cc829c3e413bc6e22d2ef1c8da1.jpg)

Shouldn’t it show topics from main category only? Like [this](http://dl1.joxi.net/drive/0001/2051/108547/150227/ced0c20a70.jpg) - this makes much more sense to me. If I disable “show subcategory list” feature, I can view topics placed in main category only, like this:

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/b/5/b553a0b4fb266fbada4fe4e6cdb8093befb74dc2.jpg)

But if I enable it - I can’t. I see only one way to separate topics in root category now - place them in another subcategory. But that’s one extra subcategory and my users doesn’t used to this stricture.

My question - if “show subcategory list” enabled, why don’t you guys add “Latest” view for category and all subcategories here? Like on disabled “show subcategory list” type of view.

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/3/538c6848e07356a09e5d371b0d8cf26657134020.jpg)

This button should show latest for this category and all subcategories, not category itself - it should show only topics placed in this root category. Please make this kind of view possible via settings in admin panel. 😭 Till then I’ll have to deal with extra subcategory structure.

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