[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #7183: perma-link (post slug) preview is misleading in some instances

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#7183: perma-link (post slug) preview is misleading in some instances
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 Reporter:  danthedinosaur  |       Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  low             |   Milestone:  2.5.2    
Component:  Administration  |     Version:           
 Severity:  minor           |    Keywords:           
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 When writing a post: If you fill out the title field, then start editing
 the body of the post, the perma-link preview will match your title (in
 slug form).  So far, so good.

 But let's say you decide to change the title before publishing--in that
 instance, the perma-link preview will stay the same as the original title,
 but when the post is actually published the perma-link (slug) will turn
 out to reflect the later, edited title.  The same issue applies when
 leaving the title field blank at first--but in this case the slug is auto-
 assigned as the post number, and not updated when the user goes back to
 change the title--but the slug turns out reflecting the title anyway when
 the post is published.

 (I know that this differs when one actually edits the perma-link and hits
 save.)

 Judging by the behavior I've described, at first I actually thought that
 there might be a feature that allowed the user to create the slug first
 and then go back and change the post title to something different, but
 then I realized that such a feature was illusory and what we really have
 here is a bug, however minor, that can be confusing and cause link
 breakage.

 Fixing this (by having the slug updated each time the post is auto-saved,
 perhaps?) would improve consistency and predictability and create a more
 intuitive interface.

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