# Topic filter UI isn't very intuitive

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-filter-ui-isnt-very-intuitive/348094>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** topic-filter\
**Created:** [January 20, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-filter-ui-isnt-very-intuitive/348094 "2025-01-20T23:19:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![tvavrda](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tvavrda/32/480674_2.png) [@tvavrda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tvavrda)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-filter-ui-isnt-very-intuitive/348094/7 "2025-01-21T13:25:28Z")

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How does it work though? I understand that “dropdown” is not really a dropdown. But if I filter by category, it does not work. It seems to filter by tags on the other hand.

 ![The image outlines two technical issues with an emoji picker: it appears in an incorrect position when interacting with the completion popup and is not visible on replies in the support category. (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/b/8/4/b8414a3ecbd2c27a0eb1ac617318e0428929db3c.png)

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