#124 Rename control should select base name (no .ext)

[Melvin Nava]

Hello there!. Thank you for a great piece of software.

I would like to propose a small feature: the edit control when renaming files should open with the base filename selected by default (excluding the file extension). This is similar to what the Windows File Explorer does when renaming. As simple as it may seem, this feature would improve workflow.

I actually made an AutoHotkey snippet that solves this for me, so it's ok if this request is not finally included. But I do think that selecting the base name should be the default program's renaming behaviour. Take this from someone who's made auto rename utilities in batch. I'm a photographer and sometimes renaming currently displayed images one by one is the way to go.

Also, I think the edit control should appear whether the window size is big or small, or a smaller threshold should be set. Currently it only shows if the window size is bigger than ~1235px. Perhapts it should take precedence over other controls?. I've also solved this with AHK by resizing before renaming (if needed), but I think it's kind of odd that you can't rename a file if the window is not big enough.

[cpo]

I agree 100%. Please implement this on next version :) Irfanview has the function with F2 and then typing right away without changing file extension so for this it's quick for changing one file name after another when going through them.