Comment 22 for bug 48671

Regarding the "where in the selection you click" issue that someone mentioned above, I just tested on Vista and it does distinguish between clicking on an icon and clicking on the label.

I tested first on the desktop, where I'm using an icon layout. If I click the icon to select the item, move the mouse away, and click the icon again then it does not go into rename mode. Once the item is selected if I instead click on the label then it goes into rename mode.

I tested in a folder that has details layout on, and I was surprised to find the same is true. Even though the icon is very small to the left of the label, clicking the icon of a selected item does not go into rename mode.

I tried clicking on the 'empty' space to the right of the label (but still within the selected row), hoping that this would also not trigger the rename mode. Sadly, it does. My personal feeling is that if this bug is to be implemented in Nautilus then I would like to see rename mode be triggered only if you click on the actual label; clicking on the icon should never put you in rename mode, and in a list/details type view I feel that clicking the 'empty' space to the right of the label should not put you in rename mode.

This is my own feeling about it. However, I still think it couldn't hurt to get some usability testing somehow. We should wait for input from David Siegel or Ivanka to find out if they agree and what would be involved in that (e.g., should we write the patch first so they have both versions available for testing?)

Comments such as the one from Textureglitch are not very useful. He seems to be coming from the opposite angle than some others; that is, some of the people here are saying we should do this because Windows/Mac users are used to it, while Textureglitch seems to be against it simply because he's not used to it or doesn't like it personally. What we need is some data to back up one side or the other so we can either abandon this or push it upstream with some confidence.