F2=cm_RenameOnly and pressing F2 in dialog starts renaming

[now]

I have F2 bound to cm_RenameOnly. After having pressed F2 with multiple files selected I’m presented with the Rename/Move dialog as expected. If I press F2 in this dialog, instead of selecting the the first star of *.* it instead launches the rename. This also happens when using SHift+F6, so I’m guessing this has something to do with the “Queue” functionality of these operations. However, it doesn’t actually queue up the action, instead showing the usual Rename/Move progress dialog. I can’t say whether the behavior of F2 in this dialog when using Shift+F6 makes sense (I don’t see why it would, though), but it surely is annoying when F2 (or any other key for that matter) is bound to cm_RenameOnly.

I made a video showing the behavior. It’s hard to tell what I’m pressing, I suppose, but I haven’t been able to locate an on-screen keyboard that shows what I’m pressing on the keyboard.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1rAj26shX5Q

[ghisler(Author)]

F2 is special in the copy/move/rename dialog: It's used for the "background" option. For example, F5 - F2 copies in the background. If the background operation isn't supported, F2 will act like ENTER.

[StatusQuo]

2now

but I haven’t been able to locate an on-screen keyboard that shows what I’m pressing on the keyboard.

After pressing Winkey+U a dialog is popped up here, where the MS internal screen keyboard can be started (Win2k, feature for disabled people).

[now]

Yeah, that’s one alternative, but it doesn’t show you what’s being typed on the keyboard. I would like a program that showed the sequence of keys pressed, for example, in the lower-left corner of the screen, slowly fading out or moving off the left edge of the screen.

[RID500]

... I would like a program
that showed the sequence of keys pressed, ...

You can do this whit www.AutoHotkey.com

Smtg like:

~a:: MsgBox I have pressed the lower a
~B:: MsgBox I have pressed the upper B

Instead of an MsgBox you can show an tray ballon, an yellow tool tip
or an borderless GUI somewhere.

(i think i have done such an script for screen video issue.... or i would have, hmm? don't remember)
Better ask in the AHK forum for this