diff --git a/nested_projects/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb b/nested_projects/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
index 566778734..2cf4cb750 100644
--- a/nested_projects/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
+++ b/nested_projects/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
@@ -34,8 +34,13 @@ module ProjectsHelper
     tabs.select {|tab| User.current.allowed_to?(tab[:action], @project)}     
   end
   
-  def project_hierarchy_collection_for_select(projects)
-    projects.sort_by(&:lft).collect {|p| [('>' * p.level) + p.name.to_s, p.id]}
+  def parent_project_select_tag(project)
+    options = '<option></option>'
+    project_tree(project.possible_parents) do |p, i|
+      selected = (project.parent == p)
+      options << "<option value='#{p.id}' #{ selected ? 'selected' : nil}>#{ '&#187; ' * i }#{h(p)}</option>"
+    end
+    content_tag('select', options, :name => 'project[parent_id]')
   end
   
   # Renders a tree of projects as a nested set of unordered lists
diff --git a/nested_projects/app/views/projects/_form.rhtml b/nested_projects/app/views/projects/_form.rhtml
index 41f9b1859..a7cb2e0e4 100644
--- a/nested_projects/app/views/projects/_form.rhtml
+++ b/nested_projects/app/views/projects/_form.rhtml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 <p><%= f.text_field :name, :required => true %><br /><em><%= l(:text_caracters_maximum, 30) %></em></p>
 
 <% if User.current.admin? && !@project.possible_parents.empty? %>
-    <p><%= f.select :parent_id, project_hierarchy_collection_for_select(@project.possible_parents), { :include_blank => true } %></p>
+    <p><label><%= l(:field_parent) %></label><%= parent_project_select_tag(@project) %></p>
 <% end %>
 
 <p><%= f.text_area :description, :rows => 5, :class => 'wiki-edit' %></p>