# Subcategory dropdown missing on category edit page
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategory-dropdown-missing-on-category-edit-page/335836
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** fixed
**Created:** [November 12, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategory-dropdown-missing-on-category-edit-page/335836 "2024-11-12T20:11:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategory-dropdown-missing-on-category-edit-page/335836/1 "2024-11-12T20:11:01Z")
When are at the page where you can edit a category and use the dropdown at the top to navigate to a subcategory of that category, the dropdown for subcategories does not appear.
In the video, I start at the test-3 category, which is the parent category of test-category. Then I use the dropdown to navigate to the edit page of test-category.
What I see at the end:
What I expect to see (and what I see after reloading the page):
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### Author:  [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategory-dropdown-missing-on-category-edit-page/335836/2 "2024-11-12T20:35:35Z")
> [@Moin](#):
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> What I expect to see (and what I see after reloading the page):
This is a generic issue. Any changes to categories need a full reload to be into effect. Same goes for creating a category and then trying to create a post in it, or to assign a group to it. It would be great if the system would just issue a reload via the MessageBus if only for the user making the edit.
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategory-dropdown-missing-on-category-edit-page/335836/3 "2024-11-12T20:41:52Z")
Could you explain which changes you mean? I didn’t edit anything. This problem only occurs if the subcategory I choose is a subcategory of the category I am looking at. If the subcategory has a different parent category, it works fine.
For example, switching from test-3 to Status, a subcategory of Team, works fine.
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### Author:  [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategory-dropdown-missing-on-category-edit-page/335836/4 "2024-11-12T20:43:55Z")
I’m confused
> [@Moin](#):
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> When you edit a category
> [@Moin](#):
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> I didn’t edit anything
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategory-dropdown-missing-on-category-edit-page/335836/5 "2024-11-12T20:44:42Z")
“When you are at the page where you can edit the category”
I will improve my post
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### Author:  [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategory-dropdown-missing-on-category-edit-page/335836/6 "2024-11-12T20:52:03Z")
I see what you mean. It’s even worse. If you choose “back to category” it’s an issue as well.
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategory-dropdown-missing-on-category-edit-page/335836/7 "2024-11-12T20:59:01Z")
You are right. 👀 When I choose “back to category” from the subcategory edit page, the subcategory dropdown is missing too.
This is test-category as the about topic indicates:
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### Author:  [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategory-dropdown-missing-on-category-edit-page/335836/8 "2024-11-15T19:11:17Z")
yea I can totally repro this - sorry Moin, I hadn’t seen this topic yet. I was like where is the missing subcategory dropdown, and I was just about to post a note about it. thanks for the heads up 🙂
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### Author:  [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2024, 9:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategory-dropdown-missing-on-category-edit-page/335836/10 "2024-12-02T09:47:50Z")
This is only when you just created the category no? Regular case is working as far as I can tell:
Not saying we shouldnt fix the create case, but this is lower priority.
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2024, 9:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategory-dropdown-missing-on-category-edit-page/335836/11 "2024-12-02T09:51:02Z")
I think you need to start at “General”, use the wrench, and then use the dropdown at the top to navigate to “Test”.
Then the subcategory dropdown does not appear and is also missing when you go back
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### Author:  [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2024, 9:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategory-dropdown-missing-on-category-edit-page/335836/12 "2024-12-02T09:52:07Z")
Ah ok I see, I misunderstood the problem (and found another bug :p)
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2024, 9:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategory-dropdown-missing-on-category-edit-page/335836/13 "2024-12-02T09:55:46Z")
I noticed the bug some time ago, but it became more annoying after I created [Related category permissions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/related-category-permissions/337039) because then I navigated to the subcategory more frequently.
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategory-dropdown-missing-on-category-edit-page/335836/14 "2025-11-18T15:31:11Z")
Looks like this has been fixed - maybe by [FIX: subcategory filter should be always visible on category view page by yuriyaran · Pull Request #36050 · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/36050)
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### Author:  [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategory-dropdown-missing-on-category-edit-page/335836/15 "2025-11-24T16:00:59Z")
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