Alternative parenting method in editor? (no scripting)

I know that I can parent an object by dragging it under its parent in the Hierarchy. But this isn't terribly convenient when the scene is large and the hierarchy is complex. In some cases alternative methods would be nice, for example: - assign the parent by writing the name in a field (of course a popup list with the usual accelerators would be useful here) - click on the child, then click on the parent and use a hotkey? Does the editor provide functionality to do this? One alternative I'm looking at is reparenting in script but still I think it would be ideal to have alternative ways to reparent in the editor...