I also noticed this and agree with @trevorm.
Bug: The Ctrl + Space suggestions popup (not very familiar with it) initiated after pressing F2 shows the same items from the history list with other suggestions (green icons on their left) below them. Stepping through this list does not behave similarly (probably should). The main issue however is that if you press F2, but instead initiate the Shift + Down history list, escape to close it, and then initiate the Ctrl + Space suggestions popup, stepping through the suggestions list now updates the inline rename in real time. An odd discrepancy.
Idea: What if the history list (or both lists) only replaced what is selected as you step through?
For example, with only the filename (not extension) selected, pressing Shift + Up / Down would do the current behaviour: filename updates, extension stays the same. Where it'd get more interesting is when we have both the filename and extension selected, now the inline rename value would update to the basename of the selected list items. i.e. take on its name and extension. Similarly, if we only selected the extension in the inline rename and Shift + Down, we'd only be rewriting the extension to one found in the list. Finally, with a partial selection (not the full name or full extension), or no selection at all, the item chosen from the list should be entered in whole at the cursor's position.
If this idea were to be implemented at some point, I think the history list should then instead display the actual basenames of the files (instead of them all ending in ".jpg" when renaming a JPG for example) as it would not make sense anymore because you may have only the extension selected prior to Ctrl + Down. This idea does make the inline renaming somewhat more useful, but it does add complexity, maybe too much, and would make things worse if not implemented cleanly. The usability of inline renaming is good as it is now (thanks!), it would be a shame to regress.
This idea mainly came from checking out the Control Keys (which we can now see by holding Ctrl) and trying the Take parent name key and wishing it wasn't "take" but rather "insert" like most of the other Control Keys. With them being code, I could probably figure out how to do that.
Off-topic: Reading this topic I'm positively surprised how development of this product follows its users point of view and how cooperative it is. It's not only the best product on the market but also its developers are very customer friendly. I'm rarely satisfied that much with my money spent.
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Those last couple of things should be fixed in 13.6.12.
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Those last two issues do appear to be fixed. Thanks!
Thanks for all your efforts on improving this feature, Jon (et al.). Greatly appreciated!
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