Ways to avoid accidentally renaming incorrect file(s).

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Ways to avoid accidentally renaming incorrect file(s).

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Is there a way I can protect a file from accidentally being renamed in TC?

Serveral times I've done it, and of course there's no Undo button, and I prefer not adding them to the ignore list, only to set it up and then unset it back after working inside a folder.
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How is your work flow to accidentally rename a file in TC?

For example with MRT there is actually a [Undo] button.




 
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Post by *gdpr deleted 6 »

I agree with Stefan2 here.

Renaming the wrong file can happen once or twice in a while, if one does not pay attention. But if you say that you have done it several times, then the first thought that comes to mind is: "What the heck are you doing?" (aka, how is your work flow?)
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And Also

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Just as an aside, Spiderkey, and others, there's a little-appreciated feature of the MrT, obfuscated by the absence of a visual cue (as in the Alt-F10 Directory(?) Tree pop-up, too, for instance).

The feature is that there's the option to right-click a chosen file in the MrT file panel and 'delete' it from consideration.
Saves having to back out and reselect all over again.

Found by chance/intuition.

PS elgonzo, can I Like your posts..? :)
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The feature is that there's the option to right-click a chosen file in the MrT file panel and 'delete' it from consideration.
Saves having to back out and reselect all over again.
Delete key on your keyboard? :)
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Post by *gdpr deleted 6 »

MVV wrote:
The feature is that there's the option to right-click a chosen file in the MrT file panel and 'delete' it from consideration.
Saves having to back out and reselect all over again.
Delete key on your keyboard? :)
Considering its location on the keyboard, hitting the DEL key would qualify as a keyboard right-click, or? :twisted:
(Yeah, yeah, i'll take my coat and enjoy the weekend ;) )
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Yes, okay, thanks, gentlemen ...polishing the final draft of my rough comment:-

In the MrT you can remove a file from the selected rename list by pressing the Del (Delete) key on the keyboard.
You can do this many times, one file at a time.

Note that in spite of your using the Del (Delete) key, any file is itself untouched; it's safe. Only the filename is deleted/removed from the Multi-rename Tool list panel. (There are no other visual cues ..unfortunately.)
That saves your having to go back to TC itself to re-select the files you want, all over again.

Highly recommended.
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