F2 Rename Shortcut - Customize to Highlight Section?

[kigrax]

I'm trying to configure the F2 rename file shortcut to highlight only the text before the first symbol, possibly with AHK. Does this sound possible?

Ex) File name: "PhotoKFB.38848", F2 highlights only "PhotoKFB"

Thanks a bunch!

 

[LMiller7]

Welcome to the forum.

I don't think that is possible without third party software. Your requirement seems very specialized and it seems unlikely anyone would have done this. It is possible a third party file manager would have such a feature but I have never seen it, and I have seen many.

 

[kigrax]

Thanks for the welcome and reply!

Just wanted to note I'm totally open to a third party software solution, this is for a commercial process.

 

[MilesAhead]

Something small like that you may be able to get here:
Post New Requests Here - DonationCoder.com

Please read the rules before posting.

If they balk because it is a commercial application you can post for help in AHK here:
Support - AutoHotkey Community

Edit: It seems like something you could do by using Send to send a shift down then right arrow to select until the character under the caret is ':' or some idea such as that.

 

[Ztruker]

I press F2 than Ctrl+A to do this. Maybe you could setup AHK to do that?