# Try out the new sidebar and notification menus!

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/try-out-the-new-sidebar-and-notification-menus/238821
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** notifications, sidebar, new-feature
**Created:** [September 20, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/try-out-the-new-sidebar-and-notification-menus/238821 "2022-09-20T14:07:19Z")
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### Author: ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/try-out-the-new-sidebar-and-notification-menus/238821/11 "2022-09-20T14:22:39Z")

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> [@Mr.X\_Mr.X](#):
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> The categories are listed by alphabetical sorting. It would be useful to keep the order selected in the `default_sidebar_categories`

We initially had it implemented this way but found it even more problematic in earlier testing. Part of the problem is that the UI for choosing things doesn’t allow you to easily reorder them. At some point, custom ordering may be on the table, but we need a better UX for that if we want to support it. For now, alphabetical felt like the better tradeoff.

> [@Mr.X\_Mr.X](#):
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> When clicking the + sign next to the Community header the create new post modal is popping with the sidebar being still open causing a bit of confusion on the top side of the screen

I’m not sure I understand this one. Can you clarify what you mean by “causing a bit of confusion on the top side of the screen?”

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