[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #38801: Terms with the same name indistinguishable in Menu section

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#38801: Terms with the same name indistinguishable in Menu section
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 Reporter:  eclare                             |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)                       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                             |  Milestone:  Awaiting
Component:  Menus                              |  Review
 Severity:  normal                             |    Version:  trunk
  Focuses:  ui, accessibility, administration  |   Keywords:
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 == Problem ==
 Let's say we have a WooCommerce site (although likely all taxonomies/terms
 are liable to this problem) with the following categories: Men, Women.
 Each of the categories has a subcategory called Shoes.

 When in Appearance -> Menu and trying to add a link to Shoes (whichever),
 there's no way to distinguish the 2 Shoes categories, as the parents are
 not displayed and no indenting is applied. No matter if we use the Latest,
 All or Search filter.

 == Solution ==

 Keep in mind that "All" uses pagination, so indenting might not be the
 best solution. An idea is a hover with the parents listed, but this would
 be tricky on mobile. Maybe just make a "Show parents" switch above the
 field (or in the Screen Options) and if it's checked, show the parents
 after the taxonomy/term's name? Like: Shoes (Women -> Shoes).

 Just getting rid of pagination in the "All" view could cause problems with
 a lot of values and would not help the Search function within the menu
 creator.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/38801>
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