[MAC OS GRIPE] editing filenames in MacOS finder, three state fields

[Phil Davis]

Hi Stephen,

I find it's sometimes easier to:
- select filename
- hit RETURN on the keyboard - instant edit mode! no waiting!
- edit
- hit RETURN again - back to normal

Phil Davis


On 9/26/11 11:11 AM, stephen barncard wrote:
> false double click
>
> On 26 September 2011 11:11, stephen barncard<
> stephenREVOLUTION2 at barncard.com>  wrote:
>
>> click once to edit - I get no chance to wait, just launches. horrible
>>
>>
>> On 26 September 2011 11:00, Ken Ray<kray at sonsothunder.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> On Sep 26, 2011, at 12:23 PM, stephen barncard wrote:
>>>
>>>> Maybe it's me, but has anyone else seen a change in the way that in Snow
>>>> Leopard, the finder allows editing in the names, perhaps with all apps?
>>> It
>>>> seems to me that the 'single click to edit'  immediately translates into
>>>> unwanted launches,  always annoying,  sometimes with
>>> *disastrous*consequences.
>>>
>>> Single click to edit? I'm not sure I understand - I'm running Snow Leopard
>>> and it takes two clicks to edit then name (click once , pause, click
>>> again)... is there something I'm missing?
>>>
>>> Ken Ray
>>> Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
>>> Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
>>> Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
>>>
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>>
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> Stephen Barncard
>> San Francisco Ca. USA
>>
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>

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