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.

[charsue]

PING.  Need ability to add photo or change look of category icons

[Tom]

Thank you for circling back on this, @charsue. I went to check on updates for category icons and, while we are continuing to track this request — there aren't any further developments that we can share. We'll share more details as they become available!

[KBBQ]

So this was 5 months ago. Any updates on this? I just tried to do the same whether add colors to my categories or pictures but I cannot. What's the update?

[Russell]

Hi @KBBQ - thanks for making your first post to the community. 👍

Unfortunately we don't have any updates on this feature to share at this time. Please hang in there and know that we hear you!

[KBBQ]

Thanks for the response. Would this be something that will be intergrated with the Restaurant software Square is developing in the future? .....because that would only make sense. 

[Tom]

Great question.🤔 While we don't have specifics available for additional software developments, we do know that editing category button would be very important for sellers. We're continuing to track this request — keep in touch for updates!

[Ron]

Would it be possible to show us a screen shot or picture of your Category pictures? Thanks so much.

[mowhaley64]

We also would like to be able to apply pics to catagories.

[mowhaley64]

Please a option to customize a catagory tile with a picture would be great!!!!!

[mowhaley64]

To be able to apply a product picture to a catagory tile would be great, and so much easier for training employees, also more efficient on time.