On Nov 15, 2010, at 7:57 PM, Leo wrote: > From: Quincey Morris <quinceymor...@earthlink.net> > >> a number of system extensions (like Default Folder, but I think that wasn't >> the first) added the ability to option-click on a disabled item to prefill >> the >> text field with an existing name, > >> At some point (possibly Mac OS X 10.0), Apple quietly adopted this very >> useful >> convention. > > I once submitted a request to Apple, maybe I'm in minority, but I hope this > behavior will be optional one day. Like Opt-click would be perfect. > > I worked at a major ad agency for several years, and this behavior caused > major problems, misunderstandings and loss of time. > > Most of the time, people click on the file list occasionally (maybe to > type-scroll to desired folder), the file gets "quietly" renamed, you save it > - and can never find it because it was saved under a name you never wanted > or thought about. > > I had myself to cancel the Save dialog countless times to avoid saving files > under unwanted names.
Undo works to undo the change. corbin _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com