Renaming/Selecting text - File name only (and not extension)

[MattEmmerson]

An example of this: From the Catalog pane, When creating a new File Geodatabase (or renaming an existing), the user experience could be improved if only the filename was selected by default following this action (as opposed to the whole thing including file extension is selected which the user then has to make another selection of just the filename to continue on without breaking things).

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[Luke_Pinner]

That used to annoy me, until I discovered that if you just type the new filename over the selected text and don't include the .gdb extension, then Pro adds the extension for you.

[DavidPike]

Yes would say it's an unnecessary idea

[wayfaringrob]

This would make Pro more consistent with how Windows works.

I didn't know Pro adds the right extension, though -- that's something Windows doesn't try to predict.

[Luke_Pinner]

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Yes would say it's an unnecessary idea

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I wouldn't say unnecessary, it is a bit of a usability issue. I spent a few years manually selecting just the file name before discovering it doesn't matter if you type over the extension.  And making the initial selection of text consistent with the Windows file explorer would remove the issue.