[(s)macintosh]

Does anyone know of a way to select the whole filename when renaming a file?

Like if I drag -n- drop 'this_is_a_picture.jpg' and go to select it, it only highlights 'this_is_a_picture' leaving me to cmd + a to select it all before renaming the file to something else. I have Show all file extensions turned off in the finder.

Here's hoping for a shortcut!

[TETENAL]

⌘A is the shortcut to select all

[reader50]

Don't you mean you have "Show all file extensions" turned ON in the Finder?

[S_J]

Originally Posted by reader50 

Don't you mean you have "Show all file extensions" turned ON in the Finder?

I believe it will still only highlight the file name (sans extension). This is a new feature in Leopard and personally I think it's great. Don't have to constantly drag-select the name when renaming a file with extensions now. It's much easier to Command-A than to have to use the mouse to drag-select the name.

[Cadaver]

Originally Posted by reader50 

Don't you mean you have "Show all file extensions" turned ON in the Finder?

Not necessarily. If a file extension is visible (i.e., say you receive an email attachment) and drag it to the desktop or save it, the file extension will still be visible. Personally I find the behavior really annoying. I see fewer file extensions in Windows (read: none) than I do in MacOS X (read: nearly every document file that doesn't originate from my Mac).

[Big Mac]

So you mean to change the extension or just hide it?

I've gotten used to seeing file extensions on most formats. I don't like it, but it's the way of the world and if the files are going to have them then I'd prefer to see them more often than not.