[request] Rename files via keystroke?

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Matthew Smith

August 05, 2019 20:13

Currently I can only rename files by double-clicking the title. Even if it's just a menu item so I can map the keystroke myself, can we rename files via keystroke, please?

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  Fletcher Penney

  August 06, 2019 01:31

  Will consider this -- thanks for the suggestion.

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  Fletcher Penney

  August 27, 2019 22:03

  Added a menu command to rename the currently selected file (assuming there is exactly 1).  There's no default key command, but as you note this can be customized by the user.
  
  If there is a default key command that makes sense, we can consider that.

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  Matthew Smith

  August 28, 2019 14:31

  Hurrah! Thank you so much.

  My instinct for a default key is cmd-r, but I understand that’s preview refresh. That said, the preview does a good job of refreshing itself in real time; is there a scenario when I would _need_ to manually refresh?

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  Fletcher Penney

  August 28, 2019 14:46

  Yes -- some javascripts only run when a page is first loaded (not when it is modified).  So this requires a refresh/reload.  (You can set preview to do full reload with each update, but this can cause other issues with scripts (e.g. MathJax causes "jittering" when you do this.)

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  Brett

  August 28, 2019 17:16

  ⌘⇧R would make sense to me.

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  William Turrell

  May 24, 2020 10:48

  I've added ⌘R as my personal shortcut, but ⌘⇧R would certainly work for me.

  A related bug - if you start to rename a file, then press escape to cancel, the window somehow loses focus, so attempting to use the up and down arrow keys just makes macOS play sound effects at you. (High Sierra, 10.13.6)

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  Fletcher Penney

  May 26, 2020 20:29

  William Turrell -- the bug you mention is now fixed.  Thanks!

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