[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #27218: Difficult to select untitled pages in the parent selection box

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#27218: Difficult  to select untitled pages in the parent selection box
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 Reporter:  Latz                     |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)             |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Administration           |     Version:  3.8.1
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch ui-feedback  |     Focuses:  ui
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Changes (by johnbillion):

 * keywords:   => needs-patch ui-feedback
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review => Future Release


Old description:

> If you've created a page with no title and want to write another page
> with the first page (with no title) as the parent page you only find an
> empty line in the parent selection box. (image 1)
>
> This will definitely become a problem if you have more than one page
> without a title because there is nothing that allows you to distinguish
> the various pages in the parent selection box. (image 2)
>
> I've got two solution proposals:
> a) Add a checkbox "Hide title"
> a) Add an input text field "Internal name" when WordPress detects an
> empty title while creating the slug.
>
> I'd prefer a).
>
> I marked this ticket as "defect" instead of "enhancement" since it keeps
> me from using WordPress the way I want to use it.

New description:

 If you've created a page with no title and want to write another page with
 the first page (with no title) as the parent page you only find an empty
 line in the parent selection box. (image 1)

 This will definitely become a problem if you have more than one page
 without a title because there is nothing that allows you to distinguish
 the various pages in the parent selection box. (image 2)

 I've got two solution proposals:
 a) Add a checkbox "Hide title"
 b) Add an input text field "Internal name" when WordPress detects an empty
 title while creating the slug.

 I'd prefer a).

 I marked this ticket as "defect" instead of "enhancement" since it keeps
 me from using WordPress the way I want to use it.

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Comment:

 I think both of the proposed solutions fall out of scope for core.
 Publishing pages without titles is exceptionally uncommon, and support for
 it depends very much on the theme.

 The solution would be to display the post ID in the dropdown if the title
 is empty (e.g. `#123`).

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