Thanks for the key-combination tips, as i did not know them.
But i assume you realize that the majority of users don't know them and/or
won't be able to remember them either.
And you probably also realize that more many modern keyboards do not even have
direct function keys anymore and require some key combination already to which
your key combination tips then have to combined on top of those.
Even worse to impossible with virtual/onscreen keyboards and modern
applications not making use of any i imagine there will soon(/already?) be
keyboards not having function keys at all.
> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 17:57:06 +0000
> From: s...@debian.org
> To: hoekb...@hotmail.com; 780...@bugs.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Bug#780521: nautilus: Impossible to rename files and directories
>
> Control: retitle 780521 nautilus: not easy to rename files without a right
> mouse button
>
> On 15/03/15 14:12, Eerste Laatste wrote:
>> Imagine you use a pen, finger or single button mouse, so in short do
>> not have a right mouse button.
>> Then in Nautilus select any file or directory and try to rename it.
> [...]
>> It only seems possible using:
>> - the right-windows-key or whatever the official key is which
>> "Windows keyboard" have that pop-up the same menu you get when
>> right-clicking a file or directory in Nautilus
>
> It's non-obvious, but Shift+F10 also does this (the same as in
> e.g. Windows), so you don't strictly need the "menu key" to use
> this method.
>
>> - the key-board shortcut of Nautilus to rename a file or directory,
>> but i am not aware such a key combination exists.
>
> This is also non-obvious, but the keyboard shortcut to rename
> is F2.
>
>> Solution for me would be to bring back the "rename" option that
>> was dropped from the menu
>
> That's a reasonable feature request, and would make this more
> discoverable.
>
>> And i would find it logical that other than "rename" that should
>> be brought back again, also "copy" and such should be in there even
>> though those can be done with CTRL+C/X/V, because with drag and drop
>> you can not enforce a copy instead of a move.
>
> FYI, you can: Ctrl+drag.
>
> Regards,
> S
>
