Batch Rename - One Click Shortcuts

[clarkedesign]

On the batch rename dialog, it would be nice to have some one-click quick insert buttons for various rename patterns.

So you type in some part of the rename pattern and then can quickly click on the 'increment' button and it inserts <#01>.
There could be a few other different variants of this increment and also buttons for dates etc...

It's just something that I use very often and it's slower having to type in the rename patterns each time.

[zer0]

For what it is worth, most recently used rename patters do show in the drop-down menu for easy access. While it does mean that you will need to enter every unique pattern in the first place, you will have the most common -- and therefore relevant to you -- patters there.

[Regmos]

...most recently used rename patters do show in the drop-down menu for easy access....

And you can make them sticky. This and more in this thead

http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12695

Edit: Forgot the obvious

Make a Custom Toolbar Button. This one will add a two digit increment to the selected files, and you can define another pattern for the right click.

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rename b, '<#01>-*';

Go to menu Help > Help on Scripting Commands > Rename for the syntax

[sinilill]

I'm presenting 3 more options:
1. Smart Dropdown Button is a custom toolbar button with a dropdown menu, ideal to have multiple rename patterns in it. http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=10472
2. Catalog Category with different rename patterns, more info in the manual.
3. Popup Menu, make it as a UDC and it pops up at the selection.
Here's my example with some rename patterns, the script is easy to read and you can define your own rename patterns.

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 // Get list of selected items.
 $items = Get('SelectedItemsPathNames');
 // Default to the focused item if nothing is selected.
 if ($items == '') {
	$items = "<focitem>";
 }
 // Get first item from list.
 // Replace 1 with -1 to use the last item from the list.
 $item = GetToken($items, -1, "<crlf>");
 $row = row($item);
 $column = "name";
 $x = cell($row, $column, "x", 1);
 $y = cell($row, $column, "b", 1);
 $choice = popupmenu(
	"REEEEEENAMER;0|-|
	Date + Signature;1|
	After Current Folder;2|
	Current Folder + Name;3|
	Name + Current Folder;4|
	Add Sequence 001...;5"
	, $x, $y);
	if ($choice==1){rename b, '<date yymm> * - PN';}
	if ($choice==2){rename b, '<curfolder>';}
	if ($choice==3){rename b, '<curfolder> *';}
	if ($choice==4){rename b, '* <curfolder>';}
	if ($choice==5){rename b, '* <#001>';}