Decoupling slug/post from the Editor content

[manojhl]

I was creating a new custom post type for dogs in WP 5 beta version. Each entry will have a title(name), featured image, a slug, some metadata fields, and a description. By default the editor interface had slug, title in place.

I was trying to do something similar to this without completely recreating the Editor experience (like adding Editor top bar and Editor settings).

The big problem was slug. When you create a new custom post type the ediorProvider adds title and the url slug editor into the Editor content and I found PostPermalink added in the PostTitle component. If the post type doesn't support title PostTypeSupportCheck completely hi

My poroposal is to move the PostPermalink to the Editor top bar or Editor settings so that even if developer decides to use the post title in a different way than expected the viewing/updating permalink experience for end user would be consistant.

Let me know what you guys think.

[karmatosed]

Thanks for this idea. I think adding more icons to the top menu bar isn't really the best way forward here. It rapidly becomes very complex visually and people I would question are looking in that section. For example, using the link icon could mean someone thinks "oh that's a way to add a link", over what it is.

There is an exploration to add permalinks to the document sidebar, let's focus for now on that and iterate: #11858