Ordering categories by slug vs. name

Question

I am simply trying to reorder my dropdown options in my header menu. It pulls from categories and is currently listed them, with the exception of the first, in alphabetical order. I want to list in order of slug. I have tried to change the 'orderby' but seemingly unsuccessfully.

Attached are screen shots of a) the dropdown as it currently displays and

b) the code for this section of the header.

All feedback is welcome as I make an update to that code.

Cheers!

Answer 1

In $args you are using

'child_of'=>5,

why are you using this and if you are using this parameter you should set

hide_empty => 0

Answer 2

Change 'orderby' => 'name' to 'orderby' => 'slug'.
It will work. Check get_categories