GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 439991
Rename files by clicking on the name.
Last modified: 2021-06-18 15:33:16 UTC
In windows and MacOS it is possible to change a filename by selecting an icon and then click on the filename to make the filename text editable. I would like to see something similar in Gnome. Doing it this way makes a nice shortcut as the user doen't need to right click and scan through lots of for this task irrelevant options in the context menu. It should work something like this: 1)The user selects the icon by clicking on the icon or the filename text. 2)The user clicks on the filename text below the selected icon. 3)The filename now becomes editable, with the filename expept for the filename extension part higlighted (selected) 4) The user types a new filename that replaces the old one but keeps the extension. 5) The user clicks outside the filename text to make the change permanent. This should be implemented as alternate way of changeing filenames, the current way should be kept not to upset old users. Other information:
*** Bug 586393 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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