diff --git a/forms/TypeDropdown.php b/forms/TypeDropdown.php
index 24155280f..5c89658a3 100755
--- a/forms/TypeDropdown.php
+++ b/forms/TypeDropdown.php
@@ -1,21 +1,38 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * Create a dropdown from all instances of a class
+ * Create a dropdown from all instances of a class.
+ *
  * @package forms
  * @subpackage fields-relational
+ *
+ * @deprecated 2.3 Misleading naming
  */
 class TypeDropdown extends DropdownField {
 	
-	function __construct( $name, $title, $className, $value = null, $form = null ) {
-		
-		$options = DataObject::get( $className );
-		
+	/**
+	 * @var string $titleFieldName The name of the DataObject property used for the dropdown options
+	 */
+	protected $titleFieldName = "Title";
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string $name
+	 * @param string $title
+	 * @param string $className 
+	 */
+	function __construct( $name, $title, $className, $value = null, $form = null, $emptyString = null) {
+		$options = DataObject::get($className);
+
 		$optionArray = array( '0' => _t('TypeDropdown.NONE', 'None') );
-		
-		foreach( $options as $option )
-			$optionArray[$option->ID] = $option->Title;
-			
-		parent::__construct( $name, $title, $optionArray, $value, $form );
+
+		if($options) foreach( $options as $option ) {
+			$optionArray[$option->ID] = $option->{$this->titleFieldName};
+		}
+
+		parent::__construct( $name, $title, $optionArray, $value, $form, $emptyString );
+	}
+
+	function setTitleFieldName($name) {
+		$this->titleFieldName = $name;
 	}
 }
 ?>
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