I like the idea of having it only allow deletion if a category is empty. What about an AJAX type edit, where if you mouse over, click and hold, it allows you to rename the category? Or even a "click" and "edit" button, instead of delete?
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:15:54 -0800, "Thomas Leavitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Why does this have to be the case? > > Why not just automatically re-assign all deleted items to a default > category, or make them uncategorized, or let the user pick the category > to re-assign them to? None of these options would appear to be > programatically complicated, unless I've missed something. > > Thomas > > On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 15:08 -0600, Andy Skelton wrote: > > Yes, I thought about it. However, deleting a category involves > > removing ALL of the related posts from that category. There could be a > > js confirm dialog to warn the user of that danger. Ideally the dialog > > should inform the user of the number of posts in that category so the > > decision is never made uninformed. > > > > Andy Skelton > > http://andy.wordpress.com > > > > On 11/17/05, Chris Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I apologize if this has been mentioned before. > > > > > > Has anyone thought about adding a small "delete" button under categories > > > in the Write interface? A couple of times, in my hast to add a > > > category, I've misspelled a word and would have liked to have deleted it > > > right THEN, rather than through an admin interface. > > > > > > -Ch > > > -- > > > Chris Haynes > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > wp-testers mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > wp-testers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers > > _______________________________________________ > wp-testers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers -- Chris Haynes [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ wp-testers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers
