[wp-hackers] Should child category selection auto-select the parent category?

[Tara Star]

Doug Daulton wrote:

> WP's child categories are brilliant.  My only question is ...
> 
> Should child category selection auto-select the parent category?
> 
> For example, if I have the following structure:
> 
> - Monkeys and Apes
>      - Gorillas
>      - Chimps
>      - Spider Monkeys
> 
> - Big Cats
>      - Tigers
>      - Lions
>      - Leopards
> 
> If I select "Tigers"  should'nt WP automatically assign that post to 
> "Big Cats" as well?  If this is not the default, shouldn't it be an 
> option which gets set globally by the admin ?

I wouldn't autoselect. Anyway, the way it is set up now, if you view 
"Big Cats", WP includes posts which are filed under the children categories.

What I would really like, however, is a way of listing the posts which 
are in "Big Cats" itself, without those who are in the children categories.

Something like an optional checkbox on the category page or a "show 
subcats" "hide subcats" toggle link?

Steph aka bunny
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