# Tab order: select category after title when creating topic

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/tab-order-select-category-after-title-when-creating-topic/15945
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [25.Май.2014 09:46:03 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tab-order-select-category-after-title-when-creating-topic/15945 "2014-05-25T09:46:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author: ![Sander78](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sander78/32/296615_2.png) [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)
#### Post date: [25.Май.2014 09:46:03 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tab-order-select-category-after-title-when-creating-topic/15945/1 "2014-05-25T09:46:03Z")

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The natural way is to press TAB after entering the title and then to choose the category, I’d say.

Now you enter the editor and you’ll never get to the category selection.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [25.Май.2014 21:02:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tab-order-select-category-after-title-when-creating-topic/15945/2 "2014-05-25T21:02:12Z")

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@neil can we make sure the tab order in create new topic is correct here.

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### Author: ![Sander78](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sander78/32/296615_2.png) [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)
#### Post date: [01.Июль.2014 11:07:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tab-order-select-category-after-title-when-creating-topic/15945/3 "2014-07-01T11:07:34Z")

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Hmm… would still love this if that’s ok. 🙂

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### Author: ![Sander78](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sander78/32/296615_2.png) [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)
#### Post date: [14.Июль.2014 07:48:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tab-order-select-category-after-title-when-creating-topic/15945/4 "2014-07-14T07:48:34Z")

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I give up… This feature would cause world peace, but I can understand if it’s not a priority.

😢

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [14.Июль.2014 07:56:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tab-order-select-category-after-title-when-creating-topic/15945/5 "2014-07-14T07:56:43Z")

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Sorry there is a lot going on. We’ll see if we can get it on the list for V1.

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### Author: ![Sander78](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sander78/32/296615_2.png) [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)
#### Post date: [14.Июль.2014 07:59:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tab-order-select-category-after-title-when-creating-topic/15945/6 "2014-07-14T07:59:52Z")

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No worries, would love this, but it’s not a high priority thing.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [04.Январь.2015 12:24:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tab-order-select-category-after-title-when-creating-topic/15945/7 "2015-01-04T12:24:49Z")

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@techapj can you verify if we fixed this?

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### Author: ![techAPJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/techapj/32/342990_2.png) [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [04.Январь.2015 13:22:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tab-order-select-category-after-title-when-creating-topic/15945/8 "2015-01-04T13:22:17Z")

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Yes, @eviltrout fixed this:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/52e25c9272e73028da916197e16dd78cc178db04](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/52e25c9272e73028da916197e16dd78cc178db04)

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### Author: ![techAPJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/techapj/32/342990_2.png) [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [04.Январь.2015 13:22:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tab-order-select-category-after-title-when-creating-topic/15945/9 "2015-01-04T13:22:33Z")

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