(Feature Request) Option to use inline rename for single files
I apologize if this has been mentioned before, I have seen some stuff about this on other sites but did not see anything on Gitlab about this.
I imagine this is going to get a rather harsh response, but all that I can ask is that you please consider what I am requesting. I cannot say how much this would mean to me and I would imagine many other users as well. Thunar has made some amazing advances and has become my favorite file manager, so exciting to see all the great stuff being added, really appreciated. Thank You I have so many ideas that I would like to share, there is just one main thing that has been giving me some trouble getting used to.
Thunar currently uses a dialog approach when renaming single files. Often when this decision is done there is usually an option that allows users the decision to be able to use it or be able to use an inline renaming method in its place. I am not saying in any way that the dialog should be removed completely, I am just asking for the ability to be able to choose to use it or not. No functionality will change for the users who do use it in any way. It is just that file managers are such a personal thing it is always nice to provide options to use or not use something giving the user a choice, especially when file managers are so tied to desktop environments.
Rename dialog can take some users focus away from the filename and can get a little confusing. They can also get a little tricky with longer filenames as well.
I have seen the following post here #419 so I am not the only one that has some issues The request of this post proves that dialog does not work for everyone and although this post offers a solution to correct it, I don't know if this approach will really work, I would imagine may cause more confusion, as you are used to seeing dialog boxes in the center of your screen. This would make the dialog box jump around to where the file is or worse animate the file to come to the dialog box.
If inline renaming option does get added, there are a couple of things to mention, some are obvious and others might not be....
1.) Escape key cancels out the renaming process
2.) Enter key to confirm
3.) All other file managers that provide inline renaming (Nemo, Dolphin, Caja, etc.) offer the feature that when finished renaming another way to confirm the rename is to left click mouse to either another file, blank space, etc. which can sound odd describing it but is incredibly handy.
Might be some other stuff to mention but I will wait to see how this is received. Again all I ask is to please keep an open mind about it and to please consider adding this option for the user to choose. All the great work going into Thunar it is a shame to see users having to use different file managers or even worse, different desktop environments all together because of something that could be added as an option.
Thank you again to all the developers working on the project really great stuff going on, really exciting to see how far Thunar has come. Also thank you for considering my request