[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2023-02-06 Thread Paul White
Upstream issue was closed in 2021-06-18 as "RESOLVED OBSOLETE" after 14 years of no activity. I'm removing the Papercuts task as any change needs to happen upstream in GNOME and not in Ubuntu. ** No longer affects: hundredpapercuts -- You received this bug notification because you are a member o

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2018-09-20 Thread Daniel Stimers
I would like to see this as a feature for Lubuntu. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48671 Title: Cannot rename by clicking on a file To manage notifications about this bug go t

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2014-05-24 Thread Alberto Salvia Novella
** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Assignee: Papercuts Ninjas (papercuts-ninja) => (unassigned) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48671 Title: Cannot rename by clicking on a fi

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2013-05-28 Thread Alberto Salvia Novella
** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Status: Confirmed => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48671 Title: Cannot rename by clicking on a file To manage notifications ab

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2013-05-27 Thread Chris Wilson
** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Milestone: papercuts-nautilus => papercuts-s-nautilus -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48671 Title: Cannot rename by clicking on a file To m

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2013-05-09 Thread BS-Harou
@Lem: No, but I often use only touchpad, where it takes that few milliseconds more time to move the mouse to the right place instead of just waiting on the same spot... Anyway, I do use the right-click way now as there isn't any other "mouse-way" of dong that, but it feels uncomfortable - especiall

Re: [Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2013-05-08 Thread Martian
*"I understand some people rename files like that, but..."* Apperantly you do not. It is not convenient what you aren't used to, period. It does not matter at all what reasoning you come up with. On 8 May 2013 19:47, Alberto Salvia Novella wrote: > I understand some people rename files like th

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2013-05-08 Thread Alberto Salvia Novella
I understand some people rename files like that, but in this very specific case the removed method is considerably worse than the left one. Perhaps it's more intuitive for some people, but its horrible. In my long years as Windows user, even before having used any different operating system before

Re: [Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2013-05-08 Thread Martian
I could even hit F2. The point is that people socialised on Windows always try to click twice first. Anything else is inconvenient, any reasoning and "why don't you..." is perfectly pointless and ignorant. On 8 May 2013 17:53, Lem <48...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > @Martin: If you really want t

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2013-05-08 Thread Lem
@Martin: If you really want to use the mouse, what's wrong with right click file -> rename? The second it takes to activate and navigate a context menu is the same as waiting for the delay for left-click-rename. Don't tell me you've got a one button mouse :P -- You received this bug notification

Re: [Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2013-05-08 Thread Martian
So roughly 90% of PC users can be ignored. And you wonder why Linux is unable to gain popularity. And you say it's freedom when you decide how others should think and act. You try to educate hardware manufacturers the exact same way, this one of the reasons they don't care about Linux support. And

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2013-05-08 Thread Petko Ditchev
I agree that most times GNOME/Unity devs cut too much of the settings out , but in this case I don't think this is something important enough that it should go into the settings (it's out of the question for defaults - despite the fact that most people working with windows have gotten used to ren

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2013-05-08 Thread Alberto Salvia Novella
Productivity and ease of use in Unity is very high for me compared to others UIs, and in my opinion a file shouldn't be renamed by clicking on it. This is the kind of things you have always to take care for not doing by accident; and by putting the option only into the menu, specially when doing it

Re: [Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2013-05-07 Thread Martian
You can wait for that, they don't give a crap about user requests. The entire Gnome/Unity UI concept is going against most users' needs. On 7 May 2013 15:47, BS-Harou wrote: > @Lem: Most of the time I don't really need to write a new name. Mostly I > just want to copy the name or remove part of

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2013-05-07 Thread BS-Harou
@Lem: Most of the time I don't really need to write a new name. Mostly I just want to copy the name or remove part of the name. Also I use both Windows and Ubuntu and I don't want two different behaviors in my head. I like the Windows way better and I'd like to stick with what I'm use to - that is

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2013-05-06 Thread Lem
@BS-Harou: So, how do you actually rename a file without using the keyboard? The point being, pressing F2 to rename is no inconvenience, because you're going to be using the keyboard anyway. Plus, to this day, I still accidentally activate rename mode on Windows, and it's annoying. I hope we don't

Re: [Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2013-05-06 Thread Laurent Dinclaux
2013/5/7 BS-Harou > I just want to say I really miss this feature in ubuntu. Every time I > want to rename a file I firstly try this only to realize it is not > possible. I prefer using mouse to keyboard as much as possible and not > having this feature is really sad. > Just get use of using F2.

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2013-05-06 Thread BS-Harou
I just want to say I really miss this feature in ubuntu. Every time I want to rename a file I firstly try this only to realize it is not possible. I prefer using mouse to keyboard as much as possible and not having this feature is really sad. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2012-12-17 Thread Ignacio Martin Rodriguez
@Dario, I completely agree with you. This feature should be added to nautilus in the same way OSX implements it, not the windows way. It would even be touch friendly. This is one example of the reasons why people critizise gnome devs. This is not about people asking for features and not contribu

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2012-12-13 Thread Dario Ruellan
I also miss this feature, but I agree that the way Windows does it did not make sense: the single-click-wait mechanism is inconsistent. I prefer OSX method of click-and-hold, this also has some analogy with touch-and-hold, and feels more natural. The F2 shourtcut works fine (to rename a file/fol

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2012-12-13 Thread Sebastien Bacher
@David: the upstream bug is listed in the bug statuses table at the top of the launchpad page for info ;-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48671 Title: Cannot rename by clickin

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2012-12-13 Thread Sebastien Bacher
@Martian: > I'm sorry for having an opinion, I didn't know it's prohibited here. having an opinion is fine... statements like "option for those perverts who want it", "just an excuse to justify your silly decision" and "This is a perfect example of the negligance and arrogance of the immature pe

Re: [Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2012-12-13 Thread David Huggins-Daines
Of course, on Mac OS, you can also hit return to rename a file: http://www.tuaw.com/2007/04/26/mac-101-a-simple-trick-to-rename-files/ In Nautilus and on Windows, this opens the file, which is pretty expensive and surprising if you do it by mistake... On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 9:53 AM, David Hugg

Re: [Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2012-12-13 Thread David Huggins-Daines
@Seb: I'm sorry, actually it was me that revived this discussion with a rather flaming diatribe. Thank you for directing me to the original Nautilus bug - for some reason Google doesn't pick it up, and I really wanted to know what the process was that led to this decision. I find it surprising, b

Re: [Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2012-12-13 Thread Martian
I'm sorry for having an opinion, I didn't know it's prohibited here. Also, I understand since Linux is a very simple and clear-out design in general, it would hurt the concept to give users freedom at the expense of simplicity. Forgive me for bothering you, won't happen ever again. On 13 December

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2012-12-13 Thread Sebastien Bacher
@Martian: could you please stop those sneaking comments? they are not welcome here To maintain a respectful atmosphere, please follow the code of conduct - http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/conduct . Bug reports are handled by humans, the majority of whom are volunteers, so please bear th

Re: [Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2012-12-13 Thread Martian
No, it doesn't happen often at all that you accidentally click on a file twice and on the file name the second time (millions of people are used to it), it's just an excuse to justify your silly decision. Like I said, implementing it as an option wouldn't hurt anybody, especially with a default set

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2012-12-13 Thread Bernhard
Since the discussion started again, let us remind ourselves why we didn't want this feature. There are too many accidental clicks and more often than not you find yourselves renaming a file that you never wanted to. Also happy that this feature does not exist in Linux. To Martian and David, please

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2012-12-13 Thread Chris Wilson
** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Status: Invalid => Confirmed ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Importance: High => Wishlist ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Milestone: None => papercuts-nautilus ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Assignee: (unassigned) => Paper Cuts Ninja (papercuts

Re: [Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2012-12-12 Thread Martian
How much effort would it take to implement it as an option for those perverts who want it? This is a perfect example of the negligance and arrogance of the immature people in the open-sauce community, don't get surprised Linux still measures between zero and nothing as a desktop OS. On 12 Decembe

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2012-12-12 Thread Lem
Sorry to double post.. just thought I'd add that Nautilus in Ubuntu 12.10 has "Rename" in the right-click menu. The only improvement there from a UI point of view that I could suggest is having the keyboard shortcuts listed beside the options, like regular menus have done for years now. That would

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2012-12-12 Thread Lem
... And to this day, the click-to-rename functionality *still* annoys me in Windows. I'm very happy that Nautilus doesn't have this feature. Clearly there are plenty of people who feel the same (or at least don't care for the click-to-rename feature), since after 10 years or more, Nautilus still do

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2012-12-12 Thread Sebastien Bacher
@David: thanks for your comment, some notes on the topic: - " Who was responsible for this questionable UI choice in the first place? Was it done to be gratuitously" why do you assume it was "done" (e.g that work was spent to have it the current way)? could it be rather than the issue is that no

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2012-12-12 Thread David Huggins-Daines
This discussion is profoundtly depressing. Who was responsible for this questionable UI choice in the first place? Was it done to be gratuitously (or "patently") different from Mac OS X, Windows, KDE, and every other desktop UI on the planet? Speaking of planets, what planet do you people live o

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2011-08-24 Thread Rainer Rohde
I totally agree! I would love to have the "single click to rename" option in nautilus. I am on a laptop, and in order to rename using the F2 key I have to press Fn+F2, which is more finger acrobatic than I want it to be. I like it how it is done in Windows: you click a tad longer than simply selec

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2010-12-15 Thread Sebastien Bacher
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) => (unassigned) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48671 Title: Cannot rename by clicking on a file --

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2010-10-14 Thread ttosttos
I guess interest on a fix is rather obvious judging by its history. This is definitively one of most significant annoyances of Nautilus in my humble opinion. You actually find applications (e.g. Filezilla) that offer the desired behaviour. It should definitively be provided as an option. -- Can

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2010-09-15 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: nautilus Status: Unknown => Confirmed ** Changed in: nautilus Importance: Unknown => Wishlist -- Cannot rename by clicking on a file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48671 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscr

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2010-07-27 Thread Nick S
exitance says it pretty well. And I'll add my recent observation that it doesn't make sense that "You're going for the keyboard anyway, hitting F2 isn't interruptive," because 90% of the time when I'm renaming a file I'm not totally renaming it. Instead I'm editing it, keeping most of the text. Me

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2010-02-09 Thread exitance
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[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2010-01-09 Thread exitance
i want to add a few points that i think didn't come up here: 1 - linux supposed to be the most customized OS out there, so it seems to me that the hard approach of "there can be only one way" contradict with the linux way. there's never harm in adding options. 2 - there's

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2010-01-03 Thread Martin Mai
Upstream bug has been marked as duplicate of bug https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=439991. ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #439991 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=439991 ** Changed in: nautilus Status: New => Unknown ** Changed in: nautilus Remote watch: GNOM

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-11-14 Thread watervole02
I'd like to see this bug fixed; it's annoying not having this easy rename feature. I rarely activate this feature unintentionally on Windows XP and when I do make a mistake, all I have to do is click elsewhere on the desktop and double click the icon again. It takes less than a second to correct. T

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-10-07 Thread Laurent Dinclaux
Just add an option to enable this feature please -- Cannot rename by clicking on a file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48671 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https:

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-08-17 Thread David Siegel
Cody, you are right that it's more/new information, but you're wrong that it's "potentially a lot" -- users would only need to learn once that they must click first on the icon, then on the label to activate rename. It's a very small new piece of information that may or may not be easy to learn, bu

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-08-16 Thread ham
Cody Russel wrote: "It seems like there's a lot of talk about what users want, but I hadn't heard that we have yet done any thorough user testing on this yet. It feels to me like we're proposing a solution to something that may not be a problem." Yes it would be great to see the numbers. I predic

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-08-16 Thread Cody Russell
"But this would be beyond the scope of papercuts, such a feature or any other mentioned here need to be requested upstream. *Any discussions here is not going to fix or solve this problem* , it needs to be done upstream." Upstream has already made it pretty clear that they're not interested in th

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-08-16 Thread Cody Russell
"Some say, if we implement this as it is in Windows it will not work well; others say, if we implement it a different way, new users will have trouble with the difference. This is missing the point -- users want click-to-rename because they find it more convenient and usable than the dialog-driven

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-08-16 Thread Cody Russell
"The proposal was to allow renaming by clicking on a file, not to copy Windows's implementation exactly -- if the implementation is poor in Windows, that doesn't mean it would be in Nautilus. For example, Mac OS X allows click to rename, and I've never heard a Mac user complain that this feature ev

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-08-12 Thread mac_v
@Bernhard: left-click on "Properties" or did you mean "Rename" ? users would rather use an option "Rename" to rename rather than using properties... Just to throw in an idea[maybe it has already been mentioned but this is a huge bug and i may have missed it] > -When user clicks on the file labe

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-08-12 Thread Bernhard
That would really be no gain usability-wise because left-click on icon and left-click on label is not shorter than right-click on icon and left-click on "Properties". It's just a matter of people who got used to this on other OS's. -- Cannot rename by clicking on a file https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-08-12 Thread kikl
@David In principle, you're proposal may makes sense, -first click on the icon, second on the label- but I think in practice this is what is going to happen: "When I click on a file in Windows to rename I just click 'frantically' on the label until I can it." Why do I think so? Well, because in

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-08-11 Thread ham
Ok. One do tend to miss the point among the noise. It's a numbers game then. -- Cannot rename by clicking on a file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48671 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-08-11 Thread David Siegel
Ham, one way to mitigate accidental activation of click-to-rename is to require two consecutive clicks on the label, or if that is still problematic, require the first click to be made on the icon and the second click to be made on the label. The latter would avoid double- clicks activating renamin

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-08-10 Thread ham
@David: It's not a case of them against us. It is 2 clicks against a double click. If this can be implemented in such a way that mistakes are brought to a minimum and is not cumbersome for the majority then fine. I can see that the title is "cannot rename by clicking on file" but mostly the discuss

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-08-10 Thread Bernhard
David, Mac OSX? Can you say how it's supposed to work? I click once and I get a renaming dialog; then I click again and get what? How does that rule out misunderstandings when, say, I'm a slow double-clicker? -- Cannot rename by clicking on a file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48671 You receive

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-08-10 Thread David Siegel
Controversial and non-trivial; not a paper cut. The proposal was to allow renaming by clicking on a file, not to copy Windows's implementation exactly -- if the implementation is poor in Windows, that doesn't mean it would be in Nautilus. For example, Mac OS X allows click to rename, and I've neve

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-08-02 Thread Rick vG
Wouldn't it make sense to use a triple click for it? A single click to select the file, a double click to open it (or nothing when clicking on the name label), and a triple click to rename it. Triple clicks is a lot of clicks, and nobody does it without intending to edit it. When I click on a file

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-07-30 Thread ham
I was mostly a Windows user before and I find this behavior annoying. So much so that I right click when renaming. To those who propose that we cater to the Windows crowd well I'm part of that crowd (but mainly for games now) and you don't know for sure if there are more users who like this feature

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-07-30 Thread Bernhard
This feature would be pretty annoying imho because you will often mix up "double-click" (to open file) and "click file" (highlight) + "click file" (rename). Too many problems. -- Cannot rename by clicking on a file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48671 You received this bug notification because y

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-07-24 Thread Ethan Baldridge
I haven't used Windows since '98, but I do remember it being really annoying back in the day - especially on laptops. Using a touchpad is difficult enough without the UI fighting against allowing you to open a file. Personally, my vote would be not to "fix" this "bug." -- Cannot rename by clicki

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-07-23 Thread mac_v
@Jim: This is actually quite easy to trigger, if you use a laptop with a sensitive touchpad then you would find yourself accidentally tripping this bug! In touchpads, *a touch [for movement] could sometimes trigger a single tap ,and activates rename* . Features should not be based on: Windows/A

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-07-23 Thread Nathaniel Sherry
To Jim: I should stop providing non-exhaustive lists of examples, it never goes well. My point was that some people might not trigger this option accidentally as often, and so might not understand why this is so annoying to others. To provide a more concrete example, Java's Swing UI implements thi

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-07-23 Thread Jim
To Nathaniel: "I find it quite easy to trip over...I often find myself clicking the mouse for no specific purpose" That's a joke, right? You're not seriously saying that a feature shouldn't be implemented because you happen to click your mouse randomly all the time, are you? Because that's sad

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-07-23 Thread raronson
Wait, wait. I've used Gnome for about 10 years. The inclusion of a singular feature hardly makes it Windows. Referencing the hide-trash- icon served as an example of where to put the switch. You're assuming that I meant more than what I actually said. -- Cannot rename by clicking on a file ht

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-07-23 Thread kikl
@raronson The way it is implemented in windows is a usability regression and should not be implemented in gnome. #63 user "j" made a great proposal, which would cater to the wishes of two-slow-click-proponents (it's not single click!, not a double-click!) without the inherent drawbacks complained

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-07-23 Thread Cheiron
@raronson Your argument seems to be that if all the other file browsers jump off of a cliff, we should, too? Why do the opinions of people who actually use Nautilus matter less than those of Windows or Mac users? The focus should be more on making Nautilus easy to use, and less on making it "Just

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-07-23 Thread raronson
Agreed. It's a usability modernization that never found its way into Gnome--and it's the expectation of users coming from Win/Mac. This should eclipse the personal preferences of people who already use Unbuntu and ojbect. A concession could be made by adding a disable switch in gconftool/gconf-e

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-07-18 Thread dentaku65
I like the feature to rename file with single click like Konqueror (option to rename files inline must be checked to be activated). I think this option should be available in Nautilus too. -- Cannot rename by clicking on a file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48671 You received this bug notificat

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-07-05 Thread A. Walton
That's pretty much exactly what I said upstream a couple of weeks ago... But I'm glad Alex has verbalized it too now. -- Cannot rename by clicking on a file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48671 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscrib

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-07-05 Thread Cody Russell
So I'm sitting in the hackfest room downstairs at the desktop summit in Gran Canaria now and talked to Alex Larsson, one of the Nautilus maintainers, about this and he said this has been proposed many times in the past and has been rejected. I don't think Ubuntu wants to be carrying patches agains

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-30 Thread matthias
There are numerous ways to make it easier to edit the file name, which are less intrusive than the slow-double-click way. The most straight forward would be: - add a Button to open the file preferences dialog in the icon bar below the menu. The file name is selected by default already. Since copy

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-29 Thread Laurent Dinclaux
This "rename by click" feature is just in the way of modern web 2.0 apps (inline editing) and is present in all other OS I know (standard) -- Cannot rename by clicking on a file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48671 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-28 Thread nitindb
@J Nice idea. It would only really work if the panel is available. Without the panel, would we just go back to the way its been done previously? I like the idea of displaying the information in the left panel, it would make make the panel much more useful. @Cheiron Again a good idea. But a

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-28 Thread kikl
@J That's a great idea. The side panel can actually be changed into an information side panel. If you click on places, the second option is information. The dedicated information field could also be combined with the preview area I talked about earlier. So editing the file name may be done by clic

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-28 Thread Flo Ebnet
@kikl "Oh, by the way, you can use the arrows for navigating the cursor and that actually makes more sense than using the mouse [...]" UI design is not about what is the philosophically right thing to do in a perfect world but what gets the job done with the least resistance. And apparently many

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-28 Thread Cheiron
** Attachment added: "Mockup of nautilus rename icon in listview with the rename icon either right next to the text label, or at the end of the column" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28491249/nautilus-listview-either-end.png -- Cannot rename by clicking on a file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-28 Thread Cheiron
What about doing something sort of similar to what Dolphin does for selecting items. When you hover the mouse over an item in dolphin, it shows a (+) sign you can click to select it. What could be done in this case is to show a rename icon/button near the selected -- and only the selected -- files

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-28 Thread J
Reading some of the latest post I got a brilliant idea how to solve this problem. How about introducing a new panel to nautilus which shows some information about the selected file & allows for editing the file name. It could be a small panel under the left column or below the main view. A new pa

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-28 Thread kikl
@flo What makes sense in UI? For example, a trashbin for deleted files. An envelope for an e-mail program. A places folder for the file browser,... Oh, by the way, you can use the arrows for navigating the cursor and that actually makes more sense than using the mouse, since you've got your finge

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-28 Thread Flo Ebnet
@kikl: "One more suggestion: If you mistakenly click the file name, it's difficult to get out of this mode, as far as I remember. You have to turn to the keyboard and press escape or enter or click on some other arbitrary item. That's just something you are not prepared to do, while your clickin

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-28 Thread kikl
I thought about how this feature could be implemented without annoying users. There is no apparent logic behind the "second click" for changing the file name. Therefore, this doesn't make any sense and it's difficult to learn and get used to, IMHO. I never got used to it after years of working wit

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-26 Thread Nathaniel Sherry
In response to Jim: This feature is not annoying TO YOU. I'll thank you not to speak on behalf of myself or others. While you may find this difficult to do accidentally, I find it quite easy to trip over. Maybe different people have different mouse-clicking patterns, such that some people trigger

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-26 Thread kikl
I agree with nitindb. I never liked this behaviour in windows, because I quite often mistakenly started editing the file name. Therefore, I would like to be able to turn the feature off if it is implemented. It's only a usability issue because many windows users have gotten used to it. I don't thi

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-26 Thread Jim
Most Windows users expect to be able to rename by clicking the file name. And since most computer users right now are Windows users, it would wise to cater to some of the things they are used to. Unless, of course, you have somewhere else to get users from... Also, this features is NOT annoying.

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-26 Thread nitindb
In Nautilus I would like to see an option under Edit -> Preferences -> Behaviour which would allow us to either turn off the '2nd click rename' or turn it on. There is room for adding this option and if, implimented, this drastic change of behavior does warrant a preferences menu entry, in my opin

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-25 Thread erp
I think it's a very bad idea. In Windows this feature is horrible. You can rename very fast with F2. -- Cannot rename by clicking on a file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48671 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-b

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-25 Thread Michael Dittmann
I just registered to discuss on this problem as well... ...because I see some neutral perspective missing. In this issue there is a lot to consider: 1st) is this feature disturbing to anyone? answer: to some people it is 2nd) is this feature a useful one? answer: arguable. on windows there are 4

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-25 Thread perriman
I think the unique reason of the "rename on click" feature is because some users are accustomed to that on windows. If you have never used windows: Do you think when you click a file, wait a bit and click again will rename a file? I think not, it is illogical. You can think it shows a preview of

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-24 Thread mac_v
As nitindb says, i realize that *MAYBE* its the desktop users who report as NOT having this problem, I find the behavior very irritating in my laptop while using Windows , when rename is triggered by accidental taps. But if a very Intuitive method as Cody has described can be implemented , it woul

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-24 Thread nitindb
I find the window's rename mode to be more of an issue when using a laptop with touchpad rather than a mouse On a small netbook or a smaller laptop, it would be even more irritating. Not everyone sits on a desk using a mouse. -- Cannot rename by clicking on a file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bug

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-24 Thread Ethan Baldridge
Another vote for easily-configurable (and preferably off by default, but at least configurable). I have to use Windows sometimes at work and I can't stand this behaviour. -- Cannot rename by clicking on a file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48671 You received this bug notification because you a

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-24 Thread J
I vote for "turned OFF by default". I always use F2, even when I used windows. The double-click thing is extremely buggy in windows. When you want to open a file you get stuck in rename mode and have to press esc or somewhere else to disable it. When you want to rename it, it opens up. When you

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-24 Thread discodover
I would love to see this added to Ubuntu. In my opinion, it IS very intuitive to click on some selected text to rename that text. We do that all the time, in documents, programs and on websites. Why should it be any different to click on the text of an icon, after it is already selected, to rena

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-24 Thread roffik
@agro1986: "Just don't click the file for the second time for no reason" Believe me, I HAVE such a reason. Imagine a situation when you have several Nautilus opened (at least one, not maximized). You have selected some files in two or more windows or on the desktop and want to delete selected fil

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-24 Thread agro1986
>> 2. Pop up menus are much quicker in gnome than on windows There's this mental task of locating the correct entry for "rename" on the long list. When finding F2 on keyboard, we also have to find and aim the correct key. For me, the method of click, wait a while, and then click again is the faste

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-24 Thread mac_v
I agree that his proposed behavior would be very irritating... Also , *one needs to remember that if other OS do it* , *it just doesnt become the right method and Ubuntu is not Windows /Apple* . Papercuts is not about duplicating other OS , but for better usability There are more chances for a

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-24 Thread William Manley
I agree with roffik. I find this behaviour very irritating when on windows, and unnecessary in gnome for two reasons: 1. This behaviour is triggered accidentally far more often than I actually want to rename files 2. Pop up menus are much quicker in gnome than on windows as the menus pop up whe

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-23 Thread Sashin
Wait never mind, middle clicking opens in a new tab. -- Cannot rename by clicking on a file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48671 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com ht

[Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

2009-06-23 Thread Sashin
Actually maybe middle click should rename, since middle clicking an icon doesn't do anything and it can't be done by accident? -- Cannot rename by clicking on a file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48671 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct

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