[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #8592: Private Pages not listed in the Parent dropdown

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#8592: Private Pages not listed in the Parent dropdown
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 Reporter:  mtdewvirus      |       Owner:  anonymous     
     Type:  defect (bug)    |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  high            |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Administration  |     Version:  2.7           
 Severity:  major           |    Keywords:  needs-patch   
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Comment(by mtekk):

 Replying to [comment:35 Kanuck54]:
 >
 >   I suggest that when a parent is hidden, the dropdown on the child is
 pre-selected to "private", and you are not allowed to change it to
 "publish".
 >
 > Two cents: the only problem I see with this is that it would then be
 highly troublesome to make a private page with many private descendants
 public. Adding a bulk action would reduce the pain here, of course.

 I agree and that's why I think child pages should actually default to the
 currently hidden "inherit" option. That way you can launch many pages at
 once by publishing the parent.

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