# When creating a topic from the specific category, is there a way to only show that parents child categories?

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**Created:** [1월 5, 2019, 6:56오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-creating-a-topic-from-the-specific-category-is-there-a-way-to-only-show-that-parents-child-categories/105765 "2019-01-05T18:56:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)\
**Post date:** [1월 10, 2019, 3:31오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-creating-a-topic-from-the-specific-category-is-there-a-way-to-only-show-that-parents-child-categories/105765/13 "2019-01-10T15:31:00Z")

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The most confusing part to me is that the option is controlled by the category page layout, it does make sense as a category setting though… I think if we limited the scope by default we’d have to make the other categories searchable at least?

> [@eviltrout](#):
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> but I do wonder if some people might be confused about why the category list is incomplete if they are on certain pages

I did just find a post where someone was confused about an incomplete list: [https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-able-to-change-category-if-i-start-a-new-topic-from-a-specific-category/46889/17?u=awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-able-to-change-category-if-i-start-a-new-topic-from-a-specific-category/46889/17)

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