Clicking on a file item puts the caret within the filename - how to disable that?

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Dear all

Sometimes, when I click (double-click? two clicks with a delay in-between?) on a file or folder, the caret appears within the leafname, so as to rename the file. That happens by accident when I want merely to select, or else open, the item. How can I disable the renaming behaviour, please? I've looked in the preferences and on this forum, but to no avail.

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I'm surprised you aren't used to that from File Explorer. :slight_smile:

You can turn it off via here:

Preferences / Miscellaneous / Advanced: [Behavior] slow_dblclk_rename

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Thank you. I hadn't noticed File Explorer doing that.

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Explorer has worked that way since Win95 at least. :slight_smile:

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Not for me it hasn't, somehow. Perhaps I disabled that behaviour.