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# Subnavigation

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You can find the **Subnavigation Appearance (1)** field in the additional fields under Catalogues > Categories > \[Select category] in the Additional tab.

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Use this custom field to specify settings that differ from the theme configuration. You can store global settings in the "Subnavigation Appearance" field under Theme Styling > Header > Main Navigation (Categories) > Basic Settings.
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Using an additional field, you can control whether a main category is displayed as a dropdown or flyout. This allows you to freely combine both menu types and optimally adapt the navigation to your content – ​​for maximum flexibility and a better user experience.

As long as you don't make any changes, the global setting from the theme configuration will take effect.

**Example:**

The "About us" category shows the narrow dropdown menu, while the "Shop" category displays the large flyout menu.

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When using the flyout menu, you can also display the subcategories as image tiles. This can be configured using the field **Display category images in the flyout navigation (2)**. This additional field also overrides the global setting in the theme configuration.

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The category image is used as the display image. If needed, it can be set independently of the category image using the field **Flyout navigation category image** **(3)**.