[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Parent Category Behaviour ## - **[brainforge](/forum/user/423-brainforge "View brainforge's Profile")** - [![brainforge's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar423.jpg)](/forum/user/423-brainforge "View brainforge's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/423-brainforge) Less More - Posts: 298 - Thank you received: 5 - - - - [](https://brainforge.co.uk) - 15 years 10 months ago [\#3317](#3317) by [brainforge](/forum/user/423-brainforge "View brainforge's Profile") *[Parent Category Behaviour](/forum/3-bug-report/3317-parent-category-behaviour#3317 "Go into Admin / Display / Content Menus / My Menu Click waste basket on Parent Category. Parent Category clears. On save Parent Category changes to the top category 'My Shop'. That's a reasonable default. Go to corresponding shop page. Get errors in category listing.php due to $this->element being null. I think $this->element should be checked before use. However, if I go back to admin, clear Parent Category then change it to 'My Shop' using the 'Select' button then it works OK. Looks like there might be something wrong with the default handling.")* was created by *[brainforge](/forum/user/423-brainforge "View brainforge's Profile")* Go into Admin / Display / Content Menus / My Menu Click waste basket on Parent Category. Parent Category clears. On save Parent Category changes to the top category 'My Shop'. That's a reasonable default. Go to corresponding shop page. Get errors in category listing.php due to $this->element being null. I think $this->element should be checked before use. However, if I go back to admin, clear Parent Category then change it to 'My Shop' using the 'Select' button then it works OK. Looks like there might be something wrong with the default handling. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzMtYnVnLXJlcG9ydC8zMzE3LXBhcmVudC1jYXRlZ29yeS1iZWhhdmlvdXI/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86358 - Thank you received: 14293 - - 15 years 10 months ago [\#3341](#3341) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Parent Category Behaviour](/forum/3-bug-report/3317-parent-category-behaviour#3341 "Go into Admin / Display / Content Menus / My Menu Click waste basket on Parent Category. Parent Category clears. On save Parent Category changes to the top category 'My Shop'. That's a reasonable default. Go to corresponding shop page. Get errors in category listing.php due to $this->element being null. I think $this->element should be checked before use. However, if I go back to admin, clear Parent Category then change it to 'My Shop' using the 'Select' button then it works OK. Looks like there might be something wrong with the default handling.")* Hi, Thank you for your input. We will work on improving that for next release. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzMtYnVnLXJlcG9ydC8zMzE3LXBhcmVudC1jYXRlZ29yeS1iZWhhdmlvdXI/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. Board Categories HikaShop Install & Update Product & Category Display Content Creation Sales and Orders Orders management Reports & Statistics Customers Checkout Payment Methods Shipping Methods Import & Export (CSV, XLS…) Specific Features Affilation Taxes Wishlist Vote Carousel & Slider Mass Actions Filters & Search Discount & Coupon Feature Request Integrations Showcase General Talk about HikaShop Development HikaShop 3.0 Beta Translation Commercial Jobs HikaShop Components HikaMarket Market: Feature requests Market: How to? Market: Bug Report HikaSerial General talk about HikaSerial Serial: Bug Report Serial: How to? Support en Français de HikaSerial (French Support) HikaSubscription HikaAuction Auction: Feature requests Auction: How to? Auction: Bug report Hikashop around the world Support en Français (French Support) Russian FAQ. Курс выживания с Hikashop. Частые вопросы и о Расширения Hikashop Наши сайты на Hikashop 日本語版サポート(Japanese Support) Thai German Archives Bug Report How to? [](/forum/topics/feed/mode-topics?format=feed&type=rss) Time to create page: 0.042 seconds [Powered by](/forum/credits) [Kunena Forum](https://www.kunena.org)