A Windows XP help forum. PCbanter

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Home » PCbanter forum » Windows 10 » Windows 10 Help Forum
Site Map Home Register Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Web Partners

Tab key.



 
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
  #1  
Old February 20th 18, 10:12 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Peter Jason
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 2,310
Default Tab key.

Why doesn't this work when renaming files? Can it be made to do so?
Ads
  #2  
Old February 20th 18, 11:30 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Rodney Pont[_5_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 95
Default Tab key.

On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 08:12:43 +1100, Peter Jason wrote:

Why doesn't this work when renaming files? Can it be made to do so?


What do you want it to do? It does jump to the next file for you to
rename that but you can't use it in a file name, at least in my Windows
Explorer.

--
Faster, cheaper, quieter than HS2
and built in 5 years;
UKUltraspeed http://www.500kmh.com/


  #3  
Old February 20th 18, 11:56 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Peter Jason
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 2,310
Default Tab key.

On Tue, 20 Feb 2018 22:30:42 +0000 (GMT), "Rodney Pont"
wrote:

On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 08:12:43 +1100, Peter Jason wrote:

Why doesn't this work when renaming files? Can it be made to do so?


What do you want it to do? It does jump to the next file for you to
rename that but you can't use it in a file name, at least in my Windows
Explorer.


Perhaps MSoft will fix this in the next upgrade.
  #4  
Old February 21st 18, 12:02 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
John Doe[_8_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 2,378
Default Tab key.

Peter Jason wrote:

Why doesn't this work when renaming files? Can it be made
to do so?


Interesting... In the file manager, using the tab key saves
changes and moves to the next file. I never noticed that
before, maybe it is a recent change. Not that I will have a
use for it, but still interesting. I have found a use for
renaming multiple files at the same time, so who knows.

I guess one reason tab in the file manager does not function
conventionally when renaming a file is because there is no
need for typical formatting that the tab key is used for?
Like making/aligning columns?
  #5  
Old February 21st 18, 12:05 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Andy Burns[_6_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1,318
Default Tab key.

Peter Jason wrote:

Perhaps MSoft will fix this in the next upgrade.


Really, you want tabs in a filename? How about backspaces in a
filename? Linux awaits you ...
  #6  
Old February 21st 18, 12:12 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
John Doe[_8_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 2,378
Default Tab key.

Peter Jason wrote:

Why doesn't this work when renaming files? Can it be made
to do so?


In answer to that specific question, for what it's worth...

I doubt it. Programs do whatever they want to do with keys.
So you cannot get a tab key in there if the program simply
refuses to use the tab key the way you want it to. The only
way to produce the function of the tab key is by sending a
tab to the operating system. In order for the tab to show up
in the program (file manager), file manager must have focus
and therefore file manager determines what happens with the
tab key. So, No, you cannot get there from here.

You can intercept the tab keystroke before it reaches the
program but that does you no good. You still cannot relay a
tab key that works in file manager renaming.

Nope.
  #7  
Old February 21st 18, 12:14 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Peter Jason
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 2,310
Default Tab key.

On Tue, 20 Feb 2018 23:02:55 -0000 (UTC), John Doe
wrote:

Peter Jason wrote:

Why doesn't this work when renaming files? Can it be made
to do so?


Interesting... In the file manager, using the tab key saves
changes and moves to the next file. I never noticed that
before, maybe it is a recent change. Not that I will have a
use for it, but still interesting. I have found a use for
renaming multiple files at the same time, so who knows.

I guess one reason tab in the file manager does not function
conventionally when renaming a file is because there is no
need for typical formatting that the tab key is used for?
Like making/aligning columns?


I use the file name as a primitive database for subsequent selection
of files/folders using 'search' in File explorer. The file name is
a series of 3-letter codes separated with a space.
  #8  
Old February 21st 18, 06:13 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Paul[_32_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 11,873
Default Tab key.

Andy Burns wrote:
Peter Jason wrote:

Perhaps MSoft will fix this in the next upgrade.


Really, you want tabs in a filename? How about backspaces in a
filename? Linux awaits you ...


Hey, that sounds like fun. Can I play ?

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...(v=vs.85).aspx

Use any character in the current code page for a name,
including Unicode characters and characters in the
extended character set (128–255), except for the following:

The following reserved characters:
(less than)
(greater than)

: (colon)
" (double quote)
/ (forward slash)
\ (backslash)
| (vertical bar or pipe)
? (question mark)
* (asterisk)

Integer value zero, sometimes referred to as the ASCII NUL character.

Characters whose integer representations are in the range
from 1 through 31. === Tab is 9 ??? (The space character is 32 and is OK)

Any other character that the target file system does not allow.

I think backspace is "down low" too. It's value is 8 or so. Damn.
And "Bel" is 7, so we can't make Explorer bark every time
the directory is opened :-) Now I can't have any fun.

Paul
  #9  
Old February 21st 18, 08:37 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Andy Burns[_6_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1,318
Default Tab key.

Paul wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

How about backspaces in a filename?


Hey, that sounds like fun. Can I play ?

Use any character in the current code page for a name,
including Unicode characters and characters in the
extended character set (128–255), except for the following:

The following reserved characters:
(less than)
(greater than)

: (colon)
" (double quote)
/ (forward slash)
\ (backslash)
| (vertical bar or pipe)
? (question mark)
* (asterisk)


You can create files using some (all?) of those if you use the Kernel's
"native" API, don't be surprised if they make explorer.exe or cmd.exe
barf ...

http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?article=91
  #10  
Old February 21st 18, 09:28 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Char Jackson
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 10,449
Default Tab key.

On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 10:14:12 +1100, Peter Jason wrote:

On Tue, 20 Feb 2018 23:02:55 -0000 (UTC), John Doe
wrote:

Peter Jason wrote:

Why doesn't this work when renaming files? Can it be made
to do so?


Interesting... In the file manager, using the tab key saves
changes and moves to the next file. I never noticed that
before, maybe it is a recent change. Not that I will have a
use for it, but still interesting. I have found a use for
renaming multiple files at the same time, so who knows.

I guess one reason tab in the file manager does not function
conventionally when renaming a file is because there is no
need for typical formatting that the tab key is used for?
Like making/aligning columns?


I use the file name as a primitive database for subsequent selection
of files/folders using 'search' in File explorer. The file name is
a series of 3-letter codes separated with a space.


Now that we know your file naming scheme, how would tabs help? Do you
want to replace the spaces with tabs?

  #11  
Old February 21st 18, 10:17 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Peter Jason
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 2,310
Default Tab key.

On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 02:28:19 -0600, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 10:14:12 +1100, Peter Jason wrote:

On Tue, 20 Feb 2018 23:02:55 -0000 (UTC), John Doe
wrote:

Peter Jason wrote:

Why doesn't this work when renaming files? Can it be made
to do so?

Interesting... In the file manager, using the tab key saves
changes and moves to the next file. I never noticed that
before, maybe it is a recent change. Not that I will have a
use for it, but still interesting. I have found a use for
renaming multiple files at the same time, so who knows.

I guess one reason tab in the file manager does not function
conventionally when renaming a file is because there is no
need for typical formatting that the tab key is used for?
Like making/aligning columns?


I use the file name as a primitive database for subsequent selection
of files/folders using 'search' in File explorer. The file name is
a series of 3-letter codes separated with a space.


Now that we know your file naming scheme, how would tabs help? Do you
want to replace the spaces with tabs?


It's the same in this case, but I'm used to the tab key.
 




Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off






All times are GMT +1. The time now is 09:42 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 PCbanter.
The comments are property of their posters.