From 2327cae7647fd05922c8d66de08f93675f07d4ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:20:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: #14045, automatically open category selector dropdown on
 move topic modal

---
 public/src/client/category/tools.js | 2 --
 public/src/client/topic/move.js     | 7 +++++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/public/src/client/category/tools.js b/public/src/client/category/tools.js
index bd15ff459b..17be8c65c2 100644
--- a/public/src/client/category/tools.js
+++ b/public/src/client/category/tools.js
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ define('forum/category/tools', [
 				}
 				move.init(tids, null, onCommandComplete);
 			});
-
-			return false;
 		});
 
 		components.get('topic/move-all').on('click', function () {
diff --git a/public/src/client/topic/move.js b/public/src/client/topic/move.js
index 08ce3e9d5c..22c693bb29 100644
--- a/public/src/client/topic/move.js
+++ b/public/src/client/topic/move.js
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 
 define('forum/topic/move', [
-	'categorySelector', 'alerts', 'hooks', 'api',
-], function (categorySelector, alerts, hooks, api) {
+	'categorySelector', 'alerts', 'hooks', 'api', 'bootstrap',
+], function (categorySelector, alerts, hooks, api, bootstrap) {
 	const Move = {};
 	let modal;
 	let selectedCategory;
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ define('forum/topic/move', [
 				localOnly: true,
 			});
 
+			const dropdown = new bootstrap.Dropdown(dropdownEl.find('button'));
+			dropdown.show();
+
 			modal.find('#move_thread_commit').on('click', onCommitClicked);
 			modal.find('#move_topic_cancel').on('click', closeMoveModal);
 		});