# Sidebar Categories Organizer

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidebar-categories-organizer/389301
**Category:** Theme component
**Tags:** sidebar
**Created:** [November 21, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidebar-categories-organizer/389301 "2025-11-21T00:22:26Z")
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### Author: ![jenmck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jenmck/32/332487_2.png) [@jenmck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jenmck)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2025, 7:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidebar-categories-organizer/389301/8 "2025-11-23T07:51:41Z")

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Right, got that part - but I mean the actual section, not just the category.

For instance, if I have this setup:

Animals

- Cats
- Dogs

Clouds

- Nimbus
- Cumulus

Days

- Saturday
- Sunday

Let’s say a user does not have access to either the Nimbus or Cumulus categories. Would the Clouds section still appear to the user but with no categories, like this:

Animals

- Cats
- Dogs

Clouds

Days

- Saturday
- Sunday

Or would the Clouds section not appear at all, like this:

Animals

- Cats
- Dogs

Days

- Saturday
- Sunday

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