Rename icons inline

Aaron J. Seigo aseigo at kde.org
Fri Aug 1 17:27:44 BST 2003


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On Thursday 31 July 2003 04:40, Leo Savernik wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 31. Juli 2003 12:15 schrieb Carsten Pfeiffer:
> > Am Donnerstag, 31. Juli 2003 11:44 schrieb Aaron J. Seigo:
> > > no, it means if you click on the icon it opens it (whatever that may
> > > mean for the particular icon); if you click on the text below the icon
> > > it allows you to rename it... the option is there in CVS, try it out =)
> >
> > Isn't that exactly the way, Windows behaves? I see people inadvertently
> > renaming files on Windows all the time.

this is primarily due to double click timing issues which makes it frustrating 
to use under windows.

> > Especially in the multicolumn 
> > view, where the icon is smaller than the text, so you usually click the
> > text.

the option doesn't apply to list views, only icon views where the icons are 
usually larger than the text, or at least obviously separated.

> I still can use F2 if I 
> explicitly want to rename files inline (or doesn't this work anymore in KDE
> CVS?)

of course it does!

how many people replying in this thread have actually tried the feature(s) 
we're discussing here??

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Aaron J. Seigo
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