[G4] creating a new folder with editable name

[John Baltutis]

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.