Select, not rename a file when single clicking a file in selected files

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When multiple files are selected in DO, if I single click one file within the selected files, it would rename that file.

In Windows explorer, single clicking a file within a group of selected files will select that file, instead of renaming it. To rename it, single click that file again.

What often happens, for example, is that I would copy a bunch of files to a location. Then, I want to work with a single file within them so I single click that file, but DO starts renaming it, instead of just selecting it. And for example if I want to cut that file, I would cut the filename instead of the file itself. (I'm aware of the "automatically select the newly copied files" option.) Therefore, I have to wait for it to enter rename and then single click again to just select the file.

Is there way to get the Explorer's behavior?

PS: A similar thing was discussed here, but it's different from this because in my case it's concerning selecting one file within a group of selected files, not just any file selection.

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+1 for this one.

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Shift or Ctrl + single click will deselect a selected file/folder.

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Support++ for this as an option.

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try turning these off
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@galaxyhub

Thank you!

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The problem is that the slow double-click rename is still useful for renaming files or folders.

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good point - to clarify - turn off the ones that are causing problems.

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I have both of these set to false and a file type event attached to middle-double-click of "Copy DUPLICATE" in order to get a rename off of a double-click. YMMV.

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This doesn't solve the problem because this also disables single clicking a selected file to rename, which I want (also the behavior of Explorer).

I think to solve this, there needs to be a way to distinguish "multiple files being selected" and "single file being selected". For the former case, single clicking "refines" selection by selecting that clicked file, instead of renaming.

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Perhaps FileCount [Directory Opus Manual]
Evaluator Functions » FileCount
would be useful.

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This can already be done in thumbnails mode.

As for details mode, how about a key modifier option that would allow reselection of a selected file/folder within a group of selected files/folders without entering inline rename ?

I'm thinking perhaps Alt + single click.
The idea is that this would then reselect the file/folder under consideration and deselect all others.

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Try clicking the icon instead of the name.

Depending on your settings in Preferences / File Display Modes / Details / File selection / highlighting style, you may also click on other parts of the row to select the file.

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Thanks. This makes it better. But I still wish an option to have the Explorer's behavior tho.