From 74a65a53a977ab101c783300b65d14102fd82df1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 4gray <fourgray@proton.me>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 20:41:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(category-view): ensure itemId is a number for selection
 comparison

---
 .../xtream-tauri/category-view/category-view.component.ts  | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/xtream-tauri/category-view/category-view.component.ts b/apps/web/src/app/xtream-tauri/category-view/category-view.component.ts
index 9939329ed..0136e1b44 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/app/xtream-tauri/category-view/category-view.component.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/xtream-tauri/category-view/category-view.component.ts
@@ -25,12 +25,9 @@ export class CategoryViewComponent {
 
     isSelected(item: XtreamCategory): boolean {
         const selectedCategory = this.selectedCategoryId();
-        const itemId = (item as any).category_id ?? item.id;
+        const itemId = Number((item as any).category_id ?? item.id);
 
-        return (
-            selectedCategory !== null &&
-            String(selectedCategory) === String(itemId)
-        );
+        return selectedCategory !== null && selectedCategory === itemId;
     }
 
     getItemCount(item: XtreamCategory): number {