renaming with {name column} NOT as firts column

vanhorzen · Post by **vanhorzen** » 2005 Aug 19, 07:42

Hi There,

I had problems with renaming files in xplorer (1.3.0.2 lite, windows XP SP2) and I found this topic telling me renaming is not possible when the name column is not the first column. ctr-F2 does work, right click-rename not.
Is there a fundamental reason why F2 doesn't work? the reason I ask is because I have set the column order to {size - modified - name}. The first two have more or less fixed width, the latest is of course very flexible. Now when I change between one and two panes, in my order the complete file name is shown. If I put {name} first and then the rest, I just have a lot of white space after modified.
So any hope renaming (F2) will be implemented in the near future? Maybe in X2 pro....$$?

Greetings, Wessel

Post by **nikos** » 2005 Aug 19, 11:09

this cannot be helped, ctrl+F2 is your only option for your column arrangement

the pro version has those things called "infobars" that you may find useful. You can place any column in a local status bar (even when not in detailed view mode). You could have a name down there much wider than the name column (so you can keep the main name column narrow)

vanhorzen · Post by **vanhorzen** » 2005 Aug 19, 11:19

Thank for the reply. ctr-F2 it will be

. Can I at least blame micro$ for it? Just joking. I will have a look at the infobar, but the way you describe it it will only show selected files. This is not enough I'm afraid.

Wessel