Should the "Status" field/spinner be updated to "Future" when changing the "publish" to a future point in time in EditPostActivity.java/View to reflect the Data?

[ShiftLeftLogical]

In EditPostActivity.java, the "status" field should reflect the data backing what is being displayed in the view but currently there is no code (or resource string such as post_future) to change/link the publishing of a post/page with a future date (publish field) to also update the "status" field to reflect the Post's data value of "future".

Proposed is the following:

When setting the "publish" date to a future point in time, the mStatusSpinner is also updated

1. Once the local data is saved by the user, update the "status" field/spinner to reflect the backing data of "future"
2. Once the local data is published by the user then update the "status" spinner.

I vote for item 1 as it will cover both the a local saved page/post and the publish to remote and in turn update of the local data.

Also, this will require a little bit of work as the state (selectable options) will need to change based on the date. It should be easy for the user to change back to publish "immediately" from some future date/time.

Please provide input!

[ShiftLeftLogical]

I need to put a hold on this issue while I define it better. I see incorrect, yet different behavior on a tablet running CM 9.

[ShiftLeftLogical]

Let me know if this is not clear and I will re-describe the issue using screenshots/Cloudup links.

[maxme]

I'm closing this. I don't think we need a new status. And this patch #1425 make the action pretty clear by changing the "Publish" button text to "Schedule".