Re: File renaming

[Christian Rose <menthos menthos com>]

On 14 Aug 2002, Daniel Borgmann wrote:
> BTW, currently the middle mouse button is unused, can't we use this for
> renaming? KDE has middle mouse button to open something in a new window
> which is consistent with the webbrowser, but IMO renaming is something
> that people want more often than open in new window. This could maybe
> also be a preference (yes, I don't think it would be crack) so you can
> choose weither middleclick should rename or open in new window.

Don't know why you think such a preference wouldn't be crack -- to me it
seems like a schoolbook example of a crack preference. The kind of crack
preference that solely exists because the developers couldn't decide on
the best behavior, not because there is an actual need for the preference.


Christian