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Idea #11063: Allow user to rename usb drive graphically



bug This idea is a duplicate of idea #62: Possibility to create, rename and delete volume labels.
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Written by leandropls the 12 Jul 08 at 17:26. Category: Others.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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When using Windows you can rename your pendrive really easy thru My Computer. Ubuntu should allow the user to do the same.

There is an article about this here[1] but the user shouldn't have to open a terminal to accomplish such a basic task.

[1] - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RenameUSBDrive

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Eldmannen wrote on the 12 Jul 08 at 18:08
I agree.
It is too difficult to rename the partition.

Vadim P. wrote on the 12 Jul 08 at 20:53
Posted it as a feature request in the nautilus place: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=542708

droetker wrote on the 13 Jul 08 at 18:36
dupe of http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/62/

Eldmannen wrote on the 14 Jul 08 at 00:28
Mockup;
* http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/3985/labelab6.png

Vadim P. wrote on the 14 Jul 08 at 00:34
I'm not sure how much will that rate on the intuitiveness scale. Some people might not realize right away that it's editable.

I think if you set the field to be non-editable first (so it's greyed out), and make a button beside it that says "Rename", and when the button is pressed make the field editable, would work better.

What do you think?

vr0791 wrote on the 15 Jul 08 at 00:38
I agree, this option should be provided: I had to rename an external drive manually once, so the need for the feature is real. But only admins should be allowed to modify the drive label.

cheesehead wrote on the 20 Jul 08 at 02:14
If it's my USB drive in my workstation, I should be able to rename it whether I'm the admin or not.

anabelle wrote on the 27 Jul 08 at 03:21
I just assumed this was done this way an was very frustated. I din't know what to do. :(


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