Re: File renaming

[<bordoley msu edu>]

Yeah thats a bug for sure. I think it made have to do with the focus mode you 
are using but not sure. I have no way to test right now. Churn through 
bugzilla i guess.

None the less, click to rename is no good imho.

dave

Frank Worsley <fworsley shaw ca> said:

> Right now when I create a new folder it is assigned the name "untitled
> folder" and I don't have the option of renaming it right after it was
> created. Meaning I have to say "New Folder" and then "Rename" to assign
> it the name I want. Is that a bug or a feature?
> 
> I remember seeing some bug report about this ...
> 
> - Frank
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2002-08-14 at 12:34, bordoley msu edu wrote:
> > see bug 83552 it even has a patch. click to rename generally just doesn´t 
> > work well and if i remember correctly conflicts pretty badly with single 
> > click mode. I talked with calum about this and he didnt seem to mind just 
> > getting rid of it especially with F2 to rename and having a context menu 
> > option.
> > 
> > dave
> > 
> > Steve Fox <drfickle k-lug org> said:
> > 
> > > I was shocked today to find that Nautilus (I'm using 2.0.3) now supports
> > > renaming of files by delayed clicking on the file like Windows does when
> > > in "View as List" mode. 
> > > 
> > > This is one of the biggest design flaws in Windows. Why is it being
> > > copied here? I remember this being discussed on the list some time ago,
> > > but I thought the consensus was to have people use F2 or the rename
> > > option in the context menu?
> > > 
> > > Can this "feature" *please* be reverted in a future release? It makes it
> > > extremely difficult to use the list view unless you're a perfect mouse
> > > clicker. I would think this qualifies as an accessibility issue too.
> > >  
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