GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 92019
Problem with overactive rename feature in list view
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
When a file is selected in single click mode with list view activated, there are two problems. 1. Doubleclicking on it's filename will allow you to rename it, whereas the expected behaviour of doubleclicking a file, whether it is selected or not, is to open the file. Currently, one has to either select another file before one can double click on the file to open it, or one can double click on the Size, Type, etc colum for that file. I think this problem could fixed by adding a check to see how long is selected in the mouse properties for double click, and then waiting that long for a second click before going into "rename mode". If a second click is detected during this period the file is launched and the rename mode activation is cancelled. 2. When a file is secected, clicking on it's icon at the left hand side will activate "rename mode". This behavior is confusing and I think it would be more intuitive if the icon was only used to launch the file and not to rename it. This problem would not be so prominent if not for the above #1
check out bug 83552. Basically imho clicking shouldn't initiate renaming period. So i would be tempted to mark this a dupe of that bug, but since this is your bug, I think it would be appropriate for you to decide not me.
Well If renaming is going to be nuked altogether (YAY) then you can mark this as a dupe - but I'd like to leave this here as a suggestion for how renaing should work if it has to stay. Personally I hate that renaming anyway - i'm constantly loosing filenames in windows.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 83552 ***