Make “Rename New (All)” default copy option?

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Hello! When I am modifying a file (resource editing mostly), I first create a folder called \COPIES → I then modify the file I am working on, then after I've made a few modifications on that file, I make a copy of that file by dragging-and-dropping the file over the \COPIES folder. As I continue making changes, I repeat the copying process, and so on. When the “Confirm File Replace” dialog appears, I ALWAYS choose “Rename New (All)”

Currently I have to press “CTRL + SHIFT”, then click on the “Rename New (All)” button. Is there a way to make “Rename New (All)” the default option so I can just press and hold the “CTRL” key, then drag-and-drop the file over the \COPIES folder and have “Rename New (All)” automatically chosen/activated, without requiring me to press the “CTRL + SHIFT” keys, then clicking on the “Rename New (All)” button?

Thank you for any help.

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  • Open Settings > File Types > All Files and Folders and select the Events tab.

  • Double-click Drag-and-Drop + Ctrl to edit it.

  • Change the command to:

    Copy WhenExists=rename

(The default command for that event is Copy RenameWhenSame which has to do with creating duplicates of files in the same folder they are already in.)

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Thank you so much, Leo! That saves me a ton of time.

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Hi! When I try to drag and drop images from a webpage in Chrome to DOpus, this option doesn't seem to work. A confirmation window still appears.

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The instructions above probably won't affect drops from other apps that contain "virtual" files that don't really exist on disk yet, since those have to be handled specially. I don't think there is a way to change what happens with those.

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Is it possible to have this feature in the future? Because I'm an image clip collector, I often need to drag and drop image clips from web pages into folders, but many of the image file names in web pages are the same, so I want DOpus to rename clips with the same file name each time. Thank you!

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That makes sense. We'll look into it. Can't say for sure without looking into the details first, but I can definitely see why you'd want it for that kind of task.

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Thanks for your understanding. :grinning: