Regex Rename: autofill "Find" box

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Don't know in which category I should post this.

Suggestion:
In case of using regular expressions whilst renaming, what about to already, automatically fill the regular expression in the find box, so users don't need to do that themselves and only have to worry about the replace box.

Example:
Let's say I select a number of files (or folders) that start with the word 'Imageshack' followed by different other words/descriptions,
Say sometimes it reads ImageShack and I want to rename that, i.e. change the 'S' to 's'.
Again, this word is just an example.

I am using a tool (not a renamer) that autofills the 'old name' with: ^Image(.?)hack(.?)$

In the below example I am adjusting the capital 's' and in the preview it shows me the results.
Don't have to worry about the 'Old' format, this is 'autofilled' so to say.

Think it to be quite handy and it covers the most frequent renames.

No idea how this trick works, one way or the the program 'detects' similar words or so and already puts that into a regex.
And .. yes.. probably it works best in case of many similarities. That said, it saves time of putting together a regex yourself.

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That's exactly what rename presets are for. Set up the dialog as you want, then save that as a preset, and load the preset when you want to use it.

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Leo, thanks.

I understand what you meant.

However, just for good order's sake, probably my post is confusing on this point.
In the other tool, when I select a series of files and hit F2, the regex in the 'Old Format' (see screenshot) is filled automatically.., so I only need to bother about 'New Format'. I don't need to 'create/build' the old name regex.
Which is just handy.
Don't know how that tool is doing that and surely it makes sense only in case of names that are fairly identical, where you wish to change some minor changes.

Maybe same could be accomplished with a preset, I wouldn't know how though.

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It can. That's what rename presets are for. The let you save all the details of the Rename dialog so you can bring them back again later.

See Rename Presets for the basics of how to load and save presets.