[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #10982: Category hierarchy in list of categories do not display correctly when editing a post

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#10982: Category hierarchy in list of categories do not display correctly when
editing a post
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 Reporter:  dj-wp         |        Owner:          
     Type:  defect (bug)  |       Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal        |    Milestone:  3.0     
Component:  General       |      Version:  2.9.2   
 Severity:  normal        |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:                |  
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Changes (by vteixeira):

  * status:  closed => reopened
  * version:  2.8.4 => 2.9.2
  * resolution:  invalid =>
  * milestone:  => 3.0


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:8 nacin]:
 > Replying to [comment:5 vteixeira]:
 > > This is a known bug.
 > Just to clarify, this is done by design. If you have a lot of
 categories, it is very convenient. The less categories you have, the more
 likely you probably are to think it's a bug.
 >
 >
 > Closing as invalid, but also cross-referencing #3130.

 I think I must write what I think and why this must be reopened as a bug:

 If you want to put the post assigned categories at the top of the list
 this is OK, but it should never break the hierarchy, never.

 Breaking the hierarchy confuses the user and makes it almost impossible in
 some circumstances to find the proper category to select.

 And contradicting what you said, when I have lots of categories this is
 even worst. If the post is assigned to the parent category and one child,
 the other child categories will appear at the bottom of the categories
 list totally isolated from the parent category making it very difficult to
 find them and to know that those categories are child of the one our post
 is assigned to. See the problem?

 I have a test case (a site that I'm building right now) that beautifully
 illustrates the problem on the worst scenario: I have lots of child
 categories with the same names, ex: Parent1 -> national, international;
 Parent2 -> national, international; Parent3 -> national, international;
 So I have different Parent categories names but the same child category
 names for each parent category.
 How am I supposed to find the correct child category to apply for my
 parent category?

 Usability bug.

 What really confuses me is that on the post quick edit the categories are
 OK (it's just not indented), the problem is just on the Edit post screen.

 Just something I want to add: there are two tabs on the categories box on
 the edit post page -> All Categories and Most Used.
 If you select the Most Used tab it will already show the assigned
 categories at the top without hierarchy, so why should the All Categories
 tab break the hierarchy to show the assigned categories at the top? It's
 already done on the other tab!

 Let's keep it the way it is intended to be: a list of categories and
 subcategories - respecting the hierarchy, please.

 This is a real usability problem.

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