# Left Menu Category Hover Annoyance

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/left-menu-category-hover-annoyance/109728>\
**Category:** Ignition 8.3 Early Access\
**Created:** [August 14, 2025, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/left-menu-category-hover-annoyance/109728 "2025-08-14T03:55:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![michael.flagler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.flagler/32/26272_2.png) [@michael.flagler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.flagler)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/left-menu-category-hover-annoyance/109728/1 "2025-08-14T03:55:43Z")

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It may just be me, but I’m not a fan of the hovering on a category changing the displayed menu. Multiple times I’ve not realized I hovered over a different icon than the category I selected and had a different set of menus than what I was expecting. Personally, I’d like to see this go away and require a click to change the category of menus shown.

Example of Diagnostics clicked, but connections was hovered for a second before moving over the menus:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/8/9/893e9f2a07be60e50eb9615b9a15be607928ccfe.png)

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**Author:** ![cmallonee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cmallonee/32/6416_2.png) [@cmallonee](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmallonee)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/left-menu-category-hover-annoyance/109728/2 "2025-08-14T15:46:31Z")

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You’re not the first to be frustrated with this, but we won’t be able to change this behavior before release. Expect changes to behavior and appearance as early as 8.3.1.

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/left-menu-category-hover-annoyance/109728/3 "2025-08-14T23:27:36Z")

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So annoying. Almost as annoying as none of those top level menu items allowing ctrl+click to open in a new tab 😠

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**Author:** ![michael.flagler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.flagler/32/26272_2.png) [@michael.flagler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.flagler)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/left-menu-category-hover-annoyance/109728/4 "2025-08-14T23:30:07Z")

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I hadn't even tried that yet, but that would be annoying as well.