Soliac wrote, "Would accidental renaming be much of a problem if only
the label activated it? Do people use the text label for
selecting/moving as much as the file icon?"

List display mode. I always set my file browsers to list view (in
Windows, and Ubuntu both KDE and GNOME). The icon is rarely clicked,
it's always the text I'm clicking on.


Soliac wrote, "I think that there is a parallel here with the 
single/double-click-to-open behaviour setting. Preferences -> Behaviour would 
be a good place for a click-selected-to-rename setting."

That gets me every time in K3B (what a brilliant app that is :D). Single
clicking adds files to the project, but what happens when I want to
select a range and drag it somewhere rather than add it? Drives me nuts.
Same with the single click to open etc. Having these things in
Preferences -> Behaviour would suit me fine. Again, could make the
default the "standard" (or most widely used, in most cases it'll be "The
Windows Way"), then provide the option for alternative behaviour. Then
again, this could be endless, right? So, GNOME is not Windows, nor is it
KDE, or OSX, or AmigaOS, or ... and all possible combinations there
after.

I'll reiterate though. I don't see why clicking to rename is so
important to implement when the functionality is on F2 (a known
shortcut, even works in Windows!). If you're renaming, chances are
_very_ high that you're going for the keyboard, so F2 is just as easy as
clicking, no?

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Cannot rename by clicking on a file
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48671
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