# Need help with adding categories

**URL:** <https://forum.adalo.com/t/need-help-with-adding-categories/33520>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [November 7, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/need-help-with-adding-categories/33520 "2022-11-07T20:49:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eccles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eccles](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Eccles)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/need-help-with-adding-categories/33520/1 "2022-11-07T20:49:04Z")

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I´m working on a rental app, where users can add items they want to rent out. So, I need categories. For example if a user have a Mountain Bike he/she wants to rent out. The process for adding the listing will include selecting the right category. The bike will have a category some thing like this:

```
 Main cat Sub cat. SubSub cat SubSubSub cat

```

Sporting Goods → Cycling → Bicycles → Mountain Bikes

There will of course be many more choices in all the different categories.

My question:  
I use dropdown lists for the user to select categories. Is it possible to show only the relevant choices down the line of choosing categories? So after selecting Sporting Goods, the user don’t see for example cars,apartments,tools and so on?

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**Author:** ![Yongki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7c8e57/32.png) [@Yongki](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Yongki)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/need-help-with-adding-categories/33520/2 "2022-11-08T19:23:00Z")

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Hi @Eccles ,

Use dropdown replacement, so you can have actions.

> [@Dropdown Always Shows a Value](https://forum.adalo.com/t/dropdown-always-shows-a-value/17176/7):
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> Hi All, I have made modification, not using button anymore. If you can’t wait for the fix, this workaround may solve.

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**Author:** ![Eccles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eccles](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Eccles)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/need-help-with-adding-categories/33520/3 "2022-11-08T20:20:06Z")

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I solved my issue using unique ID numbers for the different category items, and filtering the dropdown thereafter

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/system/32/40401_2.png) [@system](https://forum.adalo.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/need-help-with-adding-categories/33520/4 "2022-11-18T20:20:28Z")

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