[Thunar-dev] Rename looks a bit weird

[Benedikt Meurer]

Erik Harrison wrote:
>>>instead of an inline cell editing thingy a rename dialog (window)?
>>>(this is what I would prefer).
>>
>>I prefer to be consistent with other file managers here. And inline
>>renaming seems to be the defacto default (except for some exotic file
>>managers like ROX).
> 
> 
> Rox's argument is that it's too close to double click, and too hard to
> get right.
> 
> I've occasionally seen novice users rename files instead of open them,
> and more often the opposite.

That's why we have "Rename" solely as GtkAction, and not on "slow double
click".

Benedikt