# Show subcategory list UI
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-subcategory-list-ui/56734
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [2017年二月1日 19:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-subcategory-list-ui/56734 "2017-02-01T19:49:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@needlestack](https://meta.discourse.org/u/needlestack)
#### Post date: [2017年二月1日 19:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-subcategory-list-ui/56734/1 "2017-02-01T19:49:05Z")
My forum uses the “show subcategory list” feature to display subcategories prominently when a user goes into a top-level category. However the UI as it stands shows each subcategory as a page-wide blank bar. I was wondering if there was a way to make it display like the main category page, where the category listing was limited to the left half of the screen and the right half displayed the latest posts from all subcategories in that category.
Right now it seems the choice is between subcategories being almost invisible (the default) and subcategories dominating the page to the exclusion of all else (“show subcategory list” enabled). Something in between would be great. Is there a way to do this or would this be a feature worth adding?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2017年二月1日 23:03 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-subcategory-list-ui/56734/2 "2017-02-01T23:03:45Z")
We don’t have any plans for this at the moment.
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### Author:  [@needlestack](https://meta.discourse.org/u/needlestack)
#### Post date: [2017年二月2日 05:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-subcategory-list-ui/56734/3 "2017-02-02T05:02:02Z")
Thanks for the reply! Any chance it would get added to the plans? Seems most logical to have the subcategory UI behave like the category UI.
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### Author:  [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [2017年二月7日 15:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-subcategory-list-ui/56734/4 "2017-02-07T15:20:04Z")
Continued here:
> [@Higher level of granularity for category & subcategory styling](https://meta.discourse.org/t/higher-level-of-granularity-for-category-subcategory-styling/57071):
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> Continuing the discussion from [Show subcategory list UI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-subcategory-list-ui/56734): I find our current options for category styling a bit confusing. When I change the category style, I expect that category style to apply everywhere, unless otherwise specified. The fact that a subcategory index has a unique, hardcoded styling is unexpected. I’d love to have category UI settings with this level of granularity: desktop category page style Categories only Categories with featured topics Categories and latest top…