[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #7000: On Write Post screen, Checked Categories should be on top of the list

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#7000: On Write Post screen, Checked Categories should be on top of the list
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 Reporter:  mdawaffe        |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect          |       Status:  reopened 
 Priority:  normal          |    Milestone:  2.6      
Component:  Administration  |      Version:  2.5.1    
 Severity:  normal          |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  needs-patch     |  
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Changes (by AaronCampbell):

  * keywords:  has-patch needs-testing => needs-patch

Comment:

 Ok, I chatted with Matt in IRC for a bit, and he's not a fan of the falter
 as a solution to this problem (although he said the filter could be
 useful, it needs to be in ADDITION to a fix for this).  The main problem
 seems to be that if you select a sub category, you lose the context of the
 hierarchy (checked categories have no hierarchy).  There are a couple
 cases where this can get REALLY confusing.  Say (among others)you have a
 these categories:
 {{{
 Dogs->Shows
 Cats->Shows
 }}}
 And you check Dogs->Shows.  When you edit that post, you no longer get the
 context, and "Shows" is ambiguous.  The same can happen if you have:
 {{{
 WordPress
 Plugins->WordPress
 }}}

 matt said:
 > it seems like rather than not having the checked ones at the top, a
 better solution might be showing some of the hierarchy inline with
 checked-at-top categories

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