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From: jonke@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (Steve Jonke - 522)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Renaming Files in System 7
Summary: Solution
Message-ID: <1991Jun25.160129.6409@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov>
Date: 25 Jun 91 16:01:29 GMT
References: <1991Jun25.144106.5116@Think.COM>
Organization: Goddard Space Flight Center
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In article <1991Jun25.144106.5116@Think.COM> ejb@think (Erik Bailey) writes:
>
... deletions...
>While I do not recall the exact series of steps involved, it was a major
>ordeal.  I *really* liked the nice, quick way that 6.0.7 did it.  I find
>that all too often under System 7 I just click on the icon and start typing
>-- suddenly an entirely new icon is highlighted!!!
>
>Now the procedure is (something like): highlight the icon, WAIT for it to
>turn from black to the highlight color (yellow in my case), click where I
>want the insertion point, [*], wait some more, and type.
>
...deletions...
>There has got to be a better way of doing this.  I'd really rather not use
>a Finder replacement, DA, or whatever.  I'd just like a nice, simple way to
>change icon names on the desktop without pulling my hair out.
>
>Cheers... --Erik
>

You can still do it just like the old system, however, you must click
on the NAME of the icon and not simply on the icon when you select it.
If you click on the name you may type immediately and the name will be
changed.

This is both good and bad.  It is bad in that it is different from
system 6.xx and before.  It is good because it means fewer accidental
name changes and it is sort of makes sense if you think about it -- to
change the name you select the name by clicking it.  At any rate, once
you get used to it, it isn't any harder to do then in the old system.

Incidentally, you will note that the above is true with list views (eg.
by name, label, etc.) as well.

Steve