Bug#780521: nautilus: Impossible to rename files and directories

[Simon McVittie]

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