Renaming process is clunky
I’m on a Mac. I’ve searched the forum for help on shortcuts to rename folders and files, but cannot find a solution that works:
It doesn’t look like the available shortcut 'Alt/Opt + Click the folder you want to rename then press F2’ works on a Mac. All it does for me is brighten my screen, this is likely due to how a Mac is setup.
I think in order for this to work in Obsidian, I would have to change the global settings on my machine to force a standard function key setting. This means losing this capability entirely (i.e., no volume, brightness, launchpad etc.). This is not at all an ideal option.
Proposed solution
MacOS allows users to rename files and folders by clicking on the item in Finder and hitting enter. Mirroring this as an option in Obsidian for all users would be ideal (the spacebar could also work).
If this is not an option, the ability for a user to set a custom shortcut would work.
Current workaround (optional)
The only option is to right click. However, the right click menu can get quite full as many plugins add service options to this. For me, using the side menu is rather cumbersome.
Renaming files and folders is painful.
Related feature requests (optional)
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I found the above shortcut on this feature request, but as noted it does not work on a Mac.
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This feature request has asked for a folder renaming shortcut, but as noted above the current shortcut does not work on Mac.
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This FR has a number of requests, including a shortcut for renaming.