[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #15925: Improving the admin UI for Hierarchical Taxonomies

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#15925: Improving the admin UI for Hierarchical Taxonomies
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 Reporter:  husobj       |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Taxonomy     |    Version:  3.0.3
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:  taxonomy ui admin
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 For hierarchical taxonomies like categories on the edit post in the admin
 pages, the terms are listed with checkboxes in a scrollable box which has
 a set height of 200px. If you only have a few terms then the box ends up
 being much bigger than needed wasting lots of vertical screen real estate.
 This is particularly frustrating if you create multiple hierarchical
 taxonomies.

 I propose changing the height of the box to use css max-height instead so
 that the box collapses if you only have a few terms.

 See the screengrabs at he post I've written here.
 [http://www.benhuson.co.uk/2010/12/20/improving-the-ui-for-hierarchical-
 taxonomies-in-wordpress/]

 I've attached a preliminary patch too.

 Obviously IE6 doesn't support css max-height. Do we need to use an IE hack
 for this or are we OK if the category box height doesn't restrain in IE6?

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