white wrote:You already can not when you have selected two or more files...
That should possibly rather be "You can
not yet when you have selected two or more files..."
That feature could be implemented some day....
By the way, how often do you select exactly one file and start inplace renaming another file?
It's not a question of frequency but of habit.
I'm used to view files under the cursor while some other files are selected. And I'm used to rename the file under the cursor, not the selected one.
From this point of view It's not consistent to change the behavior for inplace renaming only because a file is selected.
And I agree with Hacker.
sheepdog