Feature Request: Customize category icons, and add photos to categories like items

[Ron]

The title of this post has been edited from the original: Can you apply pictures for categories?

Would LOVE to be able to add a picture to each Category I create. I see we can add a picture for items but not for categories. Could you send a request for a future update for this? Would make our Square Register screen so much nicer and prettier. Thank you.

[#2]

Yeah... still waiting for this...

[#3]

Hello @ryanwnzl  

I know this thread has been around the sun a couple of times now. I've gone ahead and reached out to our Item Library Product Manager for an update. Currently this request is on the backlog and we're not expecting it to be implemented anytime soon. I understand this isn't the answer a lot of sellers want to hear, but I want to be as transparent as possible.

There are a lot of factors that come into play when prioritizing feature requests - comments like all of yours on this thread are one of the big inputs our product teams take into consideration. However, there are other things to consider as well -  build time, engineering bandwidth, and cost to name a few, as well as balancing this request with others that may take up time from the same engineering group.

I know there are 8 pages of comments about this issue, and it is a lot. Some of these factors like engineering bandwidth are less visible to you all, which is why I wanted to give a little insight into some of the behind-the-scenes work.

Thank you for your patience, and understanding - our eng teams are working on other features that we hope make POS even better for you. If we have updates on this thread, we'll post them here. All of you who have commented are already subscribed, and anyone new to the thread can click the "Subscribe" link on the first page.

[VCB]

Square hired the artist Common to appear at the recent Square’s developer conference. Maybe they could have redirected that money to better use, like adding images to the categories like everyone has been asking, like forever.

Hopefully with the $ being generated from the rate increases, they'll do some of this work before spending it on bonuses.

[Ale88]

Hi guys,

I'd like to know if it's possible to edit a category image: I see I can change the color, and I see I can change the image in the items, but how does it work for the categories?

Thanks!

[ashc]

Hi @Ale88!

It looks like right now this is a feature request and I merged your post with an existing one within the Community for tracking purposes.

[PawsitivelyCozy]

True! This has been a feature request since 2016!

https://www.sellercommunity.com/t5/Questions-How-To/Can-you-edit-how-the-Category-icons-appears/m-p/...

"Hold tight, Square has never let us down before." ...3 years late I think I'm officially let down.

[Ale88]

I just read the whole thread, so people have been asking for it for 3 years and Square never added such a simple feature? That's very disappointing, so the community feedback is useless...

[HaloJewelry]

Can I add pretty pictures to the catagory?

[Donnieriverview]

Right now square won't allow category pictures, but in the tablet app you can tap on the category and change the color at least which is a great improvement over a few years ago!  I would love this feature also.

[PreOrder_Apps]

We built a Square-powered personalized Mobile App service that has this built in...easy stuff! We're an official Square Partner company and specialize in making affordable, awesome stuff like mobile apps and websites for Square Businesses.

Our Apps connect to your Square Account in 15 seconds flat and are super easy to manage and customize. We can put a personalized one on your phone in about 2 hours and then get it approved in the App Stores in under 48 hours (usually).

- Ken

https://getpreorder.com/square-pos

[aliciavr6]

I'm also over here waiting for the ability to add a photo to a category.

[nika]

Thanks for checking in on this feature @aliciavr6. I just went to look for an update and regrettably, I don't have any new info to share. I promise if this becomes an available feature request, we'll let you and other sellers know!