[G4] creating a new folder with editable name

[James Asherman]

On Monday, September 22, 2003, at 03:26  PM, John Baltutis wrote:

> On 9/21/03,  James Asherman <jimash at optonline.net> wrote:
>> On Sunday, September 21, 2003, at 12:34  PM, Harrie Westphal wrote:
>>> On Sunday, September 21, 2003, at 07:16  AM,  John Baltutis wrote:
>>>
>>>> You missed the point. Try this. Open a Finder window, select list 
>>>> view,
>>>> press CMD + SHIFT + N, see new, highlighted (i.e., selected) 
>>>> untitled
>>>> folder appear in window, now (without doing anything else) type the 
>>>>  letter
>>>> a, and watch some other item in the window get selected (anything 
>>>> starting
>>>> with the letter a or the next letter in the alphabet after a in the 
>>>> list).
>>>> Now click on the name untitled folder and see the highlighting 
>>>> change to a
>>>> box around the name which allows you to change its name-IIRC, in OS 
>>>> 9 and
>>>> earlier (and maybe OS X 10.1 and earlier), this is what happened 
>>>> when
>>>> making new folders; in OS X 10.2+, you have to create the folder 
>>>> THEN
>>>> either click on the name or hit the enter or return key to 
>>>> edit/change it.
>>>
>>> No, I didn't miss what was being said. I can be in any of the three
>>> views and when I create a new folder, either from the findera File
>>> menu, a contextual menu via right-click, or typing CMD-Shift-n, I get
>>> a new folder whose text is highlighted and ready to have me type the
>>> name I want the folder to have. The only time this won't happen for 
>>> me
>>> is if I goof and press the Return key or click somewhere else before
>>> typing my new folder name. Do either of those and the name untitled
>>> folder becomes the name and I have to click the folder name twice,
>>> slowly, to get the name editable again.
>>
>> Nah, it does not work in  list view. But I for one am not losing any
>> sleep over that!
>
> Likewise for me. DOESN'T work in list view. Nothing's changed from my
> original posting above.
>

> It DID work on the desktop and in icon view but in list view the name 
> highlights but not so you can type in it.

Jim