Total Commander

Hi,

i have the Problem when i want to rename with (Shift-F6) a very long filename with dots as blank replacements.

Normally with Windows, when i want to mark some words (separated with dots) with (CTRL-Shift-Left-/RightArrow) the marking stops at the next non-alphanumeric sign (blank, dot, ...) so i could fast mark the words i want.
With TC this combination marks the whole filename (like CTRL-Shift Pos1/End), so its useless for me. Marking with the mouse also dosent wok fine because scrolling in the editing field works to fast.

I think there should be an option (perhaps only in wincmd.ini) to change the marking behavior like windows.

And the scrolling behavior should be a little changed with a speed-profile, when for marking text i moved my mouse slow also the text in the editing field should scrolls slow.

Nice greeds

Charly

PS: Here a test filename: This.is.a.very.long.filename.with.dots.and-other-signs-between.the.words.an.i.hope.you.find.a-nice.solution.for.it.txt

I cannot confirm.

Both TC and Explorer behave the same when pressing Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right.

Hi,

you are right, when i use the Windows file manager for editing the filename.

But i mean for example the dialog for saving a filename from a download. (I use normally Opera.)
An other example is the saving dialog from Notepad++.

Nevertheless i think the behavior (ignoring non-alphanumeric characters) is annoying, and the TC should make it better than the Windows file manager.

The org. file manager is IMHO no good model for that.

Nice greeds,

Charly

I see.

This different behavior is due to how TextBox control and ComboBox control handle <Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right> e.g. check it in TC command line.

2Charly
If nothing else helps... try multirename (Ctrl+M) and use fields for replacing needed symbols to another.

TC already supports some non-alphanumeric characters in the inline rename box - examples:

TC stops before: { [ and (
TC stops after: ] } ) ! % and space
TC stops on both sides of: ½ § # ¤ ¨ ´ and -
TC does not stop at: . , ; _ # & = @ £ $ € ^ ~ and `

I don't know if there are any "official" rules about the behaviour for this, but I think support for stopping at obvious delimiters such as . , ; and _ would be a nice feature.

petermad wrote:TC already supports some non-alphanumeric characters in the inline rename box

It is not TC but TextBox control (test in Notepad)

Hi,

i know the abilities of the multi rename tool very good, but if i want only change the name of one filename with some to delete, some replacement and re-position of some words, i think the multi rename tool is a little bit overpowered.

Also i don't see any sense in treating dots or the other characters petermad has so good listed, like alphanumeric signs.

The behavior with "stop after ] } ..." is nice but also very complicated. Should the stop at "}" works always or only when i start with marking /jumping at a "{" sign ?
I think such a function is better placed in an editor for programming languages and there normally you need a 4th key like Ctrl-Alt-Shift-(left/right arrow) to mark up to a matching bracket.

Ciao,

Charly