Rename in-line vs. rename pop-up

[Peter Penz]

On Wednesday 20 January 2010 11:15:32 Marcus Harrison wrote:
> On Wednesday 20 Jan 2010 09:59:52 Peter Penz wrote:
[...]
> > Using the popup was intended, as I watched people (that I'd see as target
> > user group of Dolphin [1]) having problems with inline renaming:
> >
> > - Renaming very long file names in the icons view is tricky because of
> > the vertical scrolling and the clipped text. I watched people trying to
> > change the cursor position, but they accidentally clicked outside the
> > renaming border and finalized the renaming.
> >
> > - they don't know how to finalize the renaming (it's not obvious that
> > pressing Return is required)
> >
> > - they don't know how to cancel the renaming
> >
> > But this was no kind of usability study and maybe I'm wrong. Maybe there
> > are also ways to improve the inline renaming (e. g. extending the width
> > for the icons view or providing OK-/Cancel buttons) and drop the popup
> > renaming completely.
> 
> I see. Sorry, these are quite valid concerns that I'd overlooked - I had
> become so accustomed to the behaviour of rename-inline that I'd overlooked
> this.
> Still, if these problems can be overcome within rename-inline (without
>  looking hideous in the process, preferably), I believe it would be a
>  welcome change.
> 
> Could the changes be tested when trunk is re-opened?

Trunk is already reopened. I've to admit that for KDE 4.5 I'll most probably 
concentrate on other issues first, so any help for this topic would be very 
welcome :-)

Best regards,
Peter

> 
> > Best regards,
> > Peter
> >
> > [1] http://dolphin.kde.org/philosophy.html
> >
> > > --
> > > Marcus Harrison
>