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Re: Renaming a file repositions icon in Finder
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Re: Renaming a file repositions icon in Finder


  • Subject: Re: Renaming a file repositions icon in Finder
  • From: Jim Turner <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 09:10:22 -0500

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Sean McBride <email@hidden> wrote:
> On 5/8/09 2:52 PM, Jim Turner said:
>
>>It appears that renaming a file will cause the Finder to reposition
>>the icon for the file if it's currently displayed in a icon view
>>somewhere.  Is there any way to prevent that from happening?  It looks
>>very strange to have icons jump all over the place just because of a
>>rename.
>>
>>Thinking that it might have been the method with which I was renaming
>>the file, I tried NSFileManager's moveItemAtPath:toPath:error:,
>>rename(), and FSRenameUnicode() and all three exhibit the same
>>problem.
>
> Many apps exibit this problem and it has driven me and others nuts for
> years.  Do file a(nother) bug.
>
> --
> ____________________________________________________________
> Sean McBride, B. Eng                 email@hidden
> Rogue Research                        www.rogue-research.com
> Mac Software Developer              Montréal, Québec, Canada
>
>
>

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Jim
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