update action should *always* happen if 'automatic alias' checkbox is checked.

First of all, pathauto is really great module. I'm glad it's available. Thanks.

I think the update action should always happen when the "automatic alias" checkbox is ticked. In order to make this happen, the "Do nothing--leave old alias intact" action should be removed, OR the "automatic alias" checkbox should be removed from 'edit' pages (not 'add' pages) when "do nothing" option is specified.

My reasoning is this:

Let's say the admin chose the "do nothing--leave old alias intact" option because they didn't want manually generated links breaking when content was edited. (as far as i can figure, the "automatic alias" checkbox is ALWAYS checked by default, which is really the cause of this whole mess.... ). The admin didn't want NON-auto aliases (ie, special manual aliases) blown away when the content is edited and the user forgets to uncheck the 'auto alias' box. So for now, the only recourse is to set update action to "do nothing--leave old alias intact" in order to keep special manual aliases around.

So now, when a user comes to EDIT content, and sees the "automatic alias" checkbox checked (because as i understand it, it is always checked by default), the user will believe it will update the alias automatically, when in fact it wont do any such thing. This is a problem.

Here is the proposed solution:

Remove the "do nothing on update" option... because it leads to users thinking the alias will be updated when in fact it wont be.
Alternatively (preferable to the above change), remove the 'automatic alias' checkbox from content edit page (but not from content add page), when the "do nothing on update" option is selected.

But the ultimate solution to really address the problem would be to ALSO make this change, in addition to the above change:

Add a new, separate radio options group in the pathauto settings allowing three (or at least the first two) of the following options (these would be radio buttons):
-"Automatic Alias" box is always checked by default
-"Automatic Alias" box is always UNchecked by default
-"Automatic Alias" box is checked by default if the current alias was automatically generated, and unchecked by default otherwise. ---- this would be IDEAL!

I realize there may be permissions issues with my proposed solution. Sorry, I did not take the time to think through the implications these changes might have on permissions.