In-line rename enhancement

[wanderer]

This is a topic that has been discussed a lot from what i've seen in the forum. I'd like to add a wish. I'm not sure it has not been asked before but a quick search did not help so i'm posting it: when in in-line rename mode, right-clicking outside the rename-box should act as if ENTER has pressed (save the new name). It would help very much if the mouse is used to activate in-line rename and do a simple edit (like adding one character).

[mnerec]

I'm not sure I would agree, as it would change existing behaviour. As it is people are used to a rename being cancelled by right clicking another file. If this changes, they would wonder why it wasn't.

One thing I would be about inline renaming, is for it not to cancel when another operation finishes. Say you start unpacking a rar file or copy a something in the background and then use inline renaming. As soon as the other dialog closes, the lister is refreshed and your rename is cancelled. Annoying.

[wanderer]

I'm not sure I would agree, as it would change existing behaviour. As it is people are used to a rename being cancelled by right clicking another file. If this changes, they would wonder why it wasn't.

The in-line renaming is canceled if you left-click somewhere outside the rename area. That's why i suggested right-clicking. Currently, when right-clicking, the default popup-menu appears.

One thing I would be about inline renaming, is for it not to cancel when another operation finishes. Say you start unpacking a rar file or copy a something in the background and then use inline renaming. As soon as the other dialog closes, the lister is refreshed and your rename is cancelled. Annoying.

I know. Many people find this annoying. There are some things that can be done for this though. There is a way to stop the panels from automatically refreshing ("Noreread" ini option).

Wow, i just noticed: in TC7betas, there is a new "Refresh" option in the Configuration! No more direct-ini-editing...

Edit: I think your wish has been granted! Check the "Refresh" option out.

[mnerec]

Wow, i just noticed: in TC7betas, there is a new "Refresh" option in the Configuration! No more direct-ini-editing...

Edit: I think your wish has been granted! Check the "Refresh" option out.

Golly! It looks like you're right! Thank you wanderer, and thank you Ghisler

There seem to be a tiny bug in it though:
* If you have files A, B & C and make TC move file A in the background while you inline rename B,
* then when moving A is finished, B & C are moved one line up visually, except that the inline rename of B is visually in the same place as before.
* That means line 1 shows B and line 2 shows the inline rename of B.

[wanderer]

Golly! It looks like you're right! Thank you wanderer, and thank you Ghisler

You're welcome. The "thanks" of course go to Christian.

There seem to be a tiny bug in it though:

Interesting. I'll try to reproduce it. I suggest you report this as a bug though in the TC7 Bugs forum.

[mnerec]

I suggest you report this as a bug though in the TC7 Bugs forum.

Done.

[wanderer]

There seem to be a tiny bug in it though:

Interesting. I'll try to reproduce it. I suggest you report this as a bug though in the TC7 Bugs forum.

Well, this does not occur in TC7pb3. Have you seen this in TC6.56?

[wanderer]

when in in-line rename mode, right-clicking outside the rename-box should act as if ENTER has pressed (save the new name).

Any chance on that? It's very useful, especially if you have a few files to rename (minor changes) and use both keyboard and mouse. After all, seeing the context menu of the file while in rename mode doesn't seem very useful.

Thanx.

[StickyNomad]

I'm not against such feature, but please only as an option, because I personally prefer that only pressing ENTER executes the renaming. Any other action should cancel it.

[StatusQuo]

Agree to StickyNomad: only optional please.
Accidentally typed text could otherwise get applied too easy without noticing it.

[StickyNomad]

2StatusQuo

Accidentally typed text could otherwise get applied too easy without noticing it.

Direct hit! That's exactly my point

[wanderer]

but please only as an option

That is acceptable since it would be better than what we have now (which is nothing! )