Re: File renaming

["Matthew J. Doller" <mdoller wpi edu>]

i get this as well
my best (uneducated) guess, is that fam is picking up the new folder
before it gets renamed, nautilus displays it, and it takes away the file
rename box.  any chance of that occurring?

On Wed, 2002-08-14 at 16:09, bordoley msu edu wrote:
> 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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