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mahmoudmagdy1-1
29 Apr 2025

Steps to reproduce the issue

  1. Make a layout override on category (com_content/category).
  2. Choose that override on any existing category (ex. TestCategory).
  3. Make a menu item and choose Article - Category List
  4. Choose to show the category with the override (ex. TestCategory).

Expected result

When visiting the menu item, it should show the category with the layout override we chose earlier.

Actual result

When visiting the menu item, it shows the default category layout.

System information (as much as possible)

Joomla 5.2.3

Additional comments

this issue was mentioned in the forum last year but it got no replies

avatar mahmoudmagdy1-1 mahmoudmagdy1-1 - open - 29 Apr 2025
avatar joomla-cms-bot joomla-cms-bot - change - 29 Apr 2025
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Article - Category List : override using default files only
Article - Category List : override only uses default files
avatar mahmoudmagdy1-1 mahmoudmagdy1-1 - edited - 29 Apr 2025
avatar HLeithner
HLeithner - comment - 30 Apr 2025

Menu wins over category or article definition, if you link the parent category the subcategory will take its own layout.

avatar mahmoudmagdy1-1
mahmoudmagdy1-1 - comment - 30 Apr 2025

Okay but in the menu item Article - Category List we still can't choose a category layout override, It shows article layout override instead, which is kind of confusing..

avatar mahmoudmagdy1-1
mahmoudmagdy1-1 - comment - 30 Apr 2025

Okay but in the menu item Article - Category List we still can't choose a category layout override, It shows article layout override instead, which is kinda of confusing..

avatar chmst chmst - change - 3 May 2025
Status New Closed
Closed_Date 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025-05-03 08:20:36
Closed_By chmst
avatar chmst chmst - close - 3 May 2025
avatar chmst
chmst - comment - 3 May 2025

As it all about your Template and not Joomla core, I close this for now. https://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?t=1006385

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