Comment 63 for bug 48671

Reading some of the latest post I got a brilliant idea how to solve this problem.

How about introducing a new panel to nautilus which shows some information about the selected file & allows for editing the file name. It could be a small panel under the left column or below the main view.

A new panel wouldn't need a special setting, just a new CheckButton under the menu View.

Even I could probably make something simple like this.

Added a manipulated screenshot showing the extra panel.
Original picture taken from nautilus web site.