When do category descriptions appear in the category list box?

[dave_odiakaose]

hello i managed to install discourse through Communiteq (formerly DiscourseHosting) but now im having challenges on building my first community. First i need help with category placement. i want my categories to be arrange like in the discourse Demo (see image) with the definition under each category! how can i achieve this?

[Stephen]

Edit the settings on the category and click ‘Edit Description’ - once edited it will appear below the category.

[tshenry (Taylor)]

One thing to note - even if you add a category description, the description will only display in that dropdown for non-staff users that are Trust Level 0. See below:

@jomaxro

Remove category description in category-drop for staff or TL > 0

No, you’re not going crazy. Category descriptions have been removed from the category dropdown filter for staff and TL1+ users. This allows many more categories to fit without scrolling, as staff and non-new users should have a good idea what each category is for. Descriptions are still provided with hover tooltips, and continue to be listed in the composer category dropdown.

[dave_odiakaose]

thanks for the reply but i did as you instructed yet it didn’t work. i wanted a description under category Agriculture. is there a easier way please for as i mention this is my first community so i don’t have knowledge of building with discourse? see image

[Stephen]

You won’t see it as explained above. Descriptions are only visible to trust level 0 (new) users.

If your site is a new community with bootstrap mode still running then the first 50 users are created at trust level 1 and won’t see it either.

[dave_odiakaose]

when i did as instructed this is what i got