[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #13258: wp_dropdown_categories() uses $term->id instead of $term->name for taxonomies that are not categories

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#13258: wp_dropdown_categories() uses $term->id instead of $term->name for
taxonomies that are not categories
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 Reporter:  mfields      |       Owner:             
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  3.1        
Component:  Taxonomy     |     Version:  3.0        
 Severity:  normal       |    Keywords:  2nd-opinion
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Changes (by nacin):

  * keywords:  wp_dropdown_categories, tag, taxonomy, category => 2nd-
               opinion
  * type:  defect (bug) => enhancement
  * milestone:  3.0 => 3.1


Comment:

 I want to move this to 3.1. I'm not really sure the best way to do
 restructure this. Ultimately, the categories widget still only takes
 categories. Ideally, we'd allow either a walker override, or the ability
 to use the slug instead of the ID.

 The slug instead of the ID should probably be default for non-category
 taxonomies, which makes me want to revert taxonomy support for 3.0 from
 wp_dropdown_categories, or at least force a check in the walker to use the
 slug instead of the ID if it's a category. Then again, there are plenty of
 use cases (the JS functionality of the widgets not one of them) for the
 ID.

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