How to organize your menu by dragging in qmen.us

What dragging items and categories in the Menu means

Organizing the menu by dragging means changing the sequence directly on the Menu screen, with your finger or the mouse, without opening any form. Each category is a card with a ⠿ handle next to its name, and each item inside it has a smaller handle, before the photo. You hold the handle, drag and drop: we save it instantly, with no save button and no page reload.

Two things move around here. One is the order of the categories, which is the same one the guest sees on the public page and the one the waiter finds on their phone when looking for a dish. The other is each item's category: dragging an item decides which category it lives in, including the Uncategorized card, at the bottom of the list.

Why it's worth reordering the menu with your finger

• The order you set is the order everyone sees. A category that moves up in your Menu also moves up on the public page and on the waiter's list. You can bring drinks or the dish of the day to the top in a few seconds, without touching prices or photos.
• It takes fewer taps than a form. Moving an item to another category is hold and drop. You don't need to open the item, hunt for the right field and save — and nothing else about the item changes along the way.
• It saves itself. Every drop saves the change instantly, so there's no save button to forget and no order lost because you closed the tab.
• It runs in the browser, phones included. There's no app to install: the same screen opens on the cashier's computer and on a phone. And when your drag reaches the edge of the screen, the page scrolls on its own so you can reach the category further down.

How to organize your menu by dragging, step by step

Six steps, from the Dashboard to a final check on the public page.

1. Open the Menu on the Dashboard

   On the Dashboard, open Menu. The categories appear one below the other, each with its items, and at the top are the Import printed menu, + Category and + Item buttons. Right above the first category there's a reminder: drag categories by the handle to reorder them, and drag items between categories.

2. Change the category order with the handle

   Hold the ⠿ to the left of the category name and drag the whole card up or down. The handle is the only spot that moves it — clicking the name, edit or + Item doesn't drag anything. When you let go, the new order is saved instantly.

3. Drag an item to another category

   Each item has its own smaller ⠿ handle, before the photo. Hold it and drop the item inside another category's list. While you drag, the item gets a lightly tinted background and the mark showing where it will land is faded. A category with no items shows the prompt Drag items here. That message disappears as soon as the first item arrives.

   Tip: Dragging an item up or down within the same category changes nothing: within each category, items are always listed in alphabetical order. To get a dish to the top, you have to rename it or create a category just for it.

4. Take an item to a distant category

   You don't need to drop the item halfway. When your drag gets close to the top or bottom edge, the page scrolls on its own, and the closer to the edge, the faster it moves. That way you can take an item from Starters all the way to Desserts in one go. The same goes for dragging categories.

5. Remove an item's category

   After the categories there's the Uncategorized card. Drop an item there and it loses its category — the empty card's message says exactly that. The item stays active and available to sell: on the public page it appears in a separate block and, in the waiter app, in the Other group. To put it back, just drag it into a category again.

6. Check how it looks for the guest

   Open your public page, at qmen.us with your restaurant's code, and check the sequence: it follows the order you just set. One detail that catches people off guard: a category with no active items doesn't appear for the guest, even though it exists in your menu.

Frequently asked questions

Glossary

Category

A section of the menu that groups similar items, like Starters or Drinks, and sets the order everyone sees.

Item

Each product you sell, with a name, description, photo and price; it's what the waiter adds to the tab.

Public page

The page at qmen.us/your-code where guests see your menu, phone numbers, address and opening hours.

Dashboard

The owner's screen, at qmen.us/restaurante/painel/, with active orders, occupied tables, today's revenue and a shortcut to Settings.

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