Re: reorder files with a mouse in a file browser and rename them

[Joe <joe@jretrading.com>]

H.S. wrote:
> Mathias Brodala wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > H.S., 09.06.2007 05:47:
> > > This may be a little odd question. Can any of the file browsers
> > > (konqueror, nautilus) let a user reorder the files in a folder by
> > > dragging them to a certain position and then to rename the ordered files
> > > automatically with a file pattern?
> >
> > Thunar can: "thunar --bulk-rename".
> >
> >
> > Regards, Mathias
>
> Can I fix the files' order using a mouse? I just tried but couldn't. So 
> haven't given a shot to the bulk rename either yet. Or maybe I am just 
> missing something.

Both Nautilus and Konqueror do it exactly the same way as Windows
Explorer, click once in a heading to sort by that heading, click again
to reverse the sort. The heading will show a small arrow pointing up
or down according to the sort direction. You do need to use list view,
rather than the icon view.