Bug#194536: nautilus: reopen. F2 is not intuitive, and not shown in the context menu. please merge with 197372

[Johannes Rohr]

Zeno Gantner <bugs@zenogantner.de> writes:

> Package: nautilus
> Version: 2.4.1-3
> Severity: normal
> Followup-For: Bug #194536
>
> Well, I do not consider this as resolved.
>
> It should be possible to edit the filename directly.
> Pressing "F2" is not an option, especially if it is not shown in the
> menu.

It is. Look at the "Edit" menu.

Furthermore,, "F2" is pretty much a standard hotkey for such
purposes. Thinking of Excel/Gnumeric/OOo Calc's hotkey to edit single
cells. Windoze explorer afaik also supports F2 renaming

> There is no reason not to allow direct editing by clicking on the
> filename.  This is the only intuitive way for doing it.

Uh-huh. Clicking _opens_ a file. I really hate those UIs that support
Click-hold-down-rename. 

A horrid example is the Java Swing file selector: I double-click a
directory, but as a result it is not opened but instead highlighted
for renaming. Consequently, the only way to navigate directory
hierarchies in Java Swing is "Click-Enter-Click-Enter..." That sucks,
sucks, suck!

> This is a showstopper for nautilus.
> A graphical user interface that is used by all kinds of users should not
> be like this.
> I am still using the console midnight commander, as it also allows changing
> the file permissions for multiple files (which is also not possible in
> nautilus, this has been reported for years, see the GNOME BTS).

Yes, it *is* possible. I just did it with nautilus 2.4.1.

> Please merge this bug report with #197372 (I do not know how to this
> or whether I am allowed to do this as a non-developer)

[...]

Neither am I a DD. But I wouldn't seriously expect Debian developers
to make extensive modifications to GNOME's UI design. Debian is about
packaging the software. Basic design concepts should be discussed with
upstream instead.

Thanks,

Johannes

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