GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 155179
usability: create new folder, and have text selected read for renaming
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
the create new folder action should create a new folder and subsequently trigger the renaming of it. why? because no one creates folders named untitled folder, the naming of the folder allways the next action the user has to do. as it is now: the user creates a new folder, then has to right-click it again to rename it. as it should be: user creates folder, and automatically get the interface to rename it.
argh forgot one thing, it seems -> new document is created in that sort of way. ironically new folders not. so basically what exists at the document templates should just need to be adapted to the folder creation.
asked on usability@gnome.org for opinion and I do not see any reason why this would not be done as suggested. I'm getting some strangely inconsistant behaviour. If I right click on my Desktop on Gnome 2.6.1 (Debian) to create an New folder I will be prompted to rename it. However if there is already a folder called "untitled folder" on my desktop then "untitled folder 1" (etc) gets created without providing the prompt to change the name. Why start with "Untitled Folder" why not start with "Untitled Folder 1"? I never understood why they were called "Untitled Folder" because that is a title. I always thought something like "New Folder" would make more sense but then again once you have created it is no longer new is it?
Maybe new folders should not have names at all, and automatically switch to rename mode where users will specify the name. If the user presses ESC or click out of the name field while the name is still "", remove the "new" folder. Does that make sense ?
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