Select cursor position when renaming files

[lugosi]

I think that this would be a really good addition to XYPlorer.....

Now, when you hold-click on a filename, the name is highlighted so that you can rename it. If you hit either the right or left arrow key, the cursor is placed at the end of the filename so that you can presumably add to the end of the filename.

Could you make it so that if you hit the left arrow key, the cursor will be placed at the beginning of the filename instead of at the end? The right arrow key would do the same as it does now.

[eil]

i find this improvement useful.
but more, i'd like to add that it'll be good if pushing right won't change cursor position(keep it before .extension) and will just discard the selection = currently either right or left are discarding selection and moving cursor to correspondent position, and only PageDown allows to only discard.

[admin]

Could you make it so that if you hit the left arrow key, the cursor will be placed at the beginning of the filename instead of at the end? The right arrow key would do the same as it does now.

The Home key does this already, doesn't it?

[admin]

i find this improvement useful.
but more, i'd like to add that it'll be good if pushing right won't change cursor position(keep it before .extension) and will just discard the selection = currently either right or left are discarding selection and moving cursor to correspondent position, and only PageDown allows to only discard.

The behavior of Left and Right keys is a Windows standard that should not be changed IMO. What's bad about using PageDown (or Down, if serial rename is off)?

[eil]

The behavior of Left and Right keys is a Windows standard that should not be changed IMO. What's bad about using PageDown (or Down, if serial rename is off)?

though it's true, but still not really. in Win one has an ability either to have names in view or names with extensions = so when renaming it's either only name selected(and right would just take away selection) or name+extension selection. i don't think i would be mistaken to say most of average users use view without extension more often than with it(just to not delete extension while renaming) = and here is mine addictance to Win behavior, where(with no extensions) right is good for deselecting, while left or home/end for changing positions. yet, considering that renaming is often about changing part of name, arrows are the keys where hands tend to lay themselves naturally(for further chage of position)

[j_c_hallgren]

i don't think i would be mistaken to say most of average users use view without extension more often than with it(just to not delete extension while renaming) = and here is mine addictance to Win behavior,

But I'd also suggest that most XY users would always view extensions (as I do) and are thus not the average. FWIW.

[eil]

But I'd also suggest that most XY users would always view extensions (as I do) and are thus not the average. FWIW.

yep, after i switched to XY i'm one of these users too and there appeared a problem of addictance to "not have extension so simple rename"(from Win) and usefulness of "having extension with cursor positioning before it"
i'm not asking to change current behavior but maybe for a tweak

[lugosi]

Could you make it so that if you hit the left arrow key, the cursor will be placed at the beginning of the filename instead of at the end? The right arrow key would do the same as it does now.

The Home key does this already, doesn't it?

I didnt know that the Home key works like it does. Yes, that is helpful....I will use that for now.

Some of the other replies to this topic mention the 'Exclude Extension on Rename' setting. I like that this setting exists, but I think that my suggestion would work whether this option is set or unset. Eventually XYPlorer will get so inundated with setting switches that it might become very difficult to use, so we dont want to go that route either.

[admin]

Eventually XYPlorer will get so inundated with setting switches that it might become very difficult to use, so we dont want to go that route either.

Bingo! Thanks.

[eil]

well it's pity by the way, it's not just my idea -TC has such "right to deselect" behavior if "Select only file name while renaming" is checked.