Improving renaming columns

[cooperzoe]

When I go to rename a column, I thought it would be easier to click on there column name itself and edit there directly, instead of first going to 'Edit this column' then 'Rename' as pictured in the screenshot below.

I believe that change would be more intuitive from a usability standpoint as well, since I first think of 'Edit this column' as pertaining to the information in the column itself, not its descriptor above.

[thadguidry]

I thought we wanted to eventually support "dragging columns" with a click-hold-drag approach. The rename via a click on column header name is sometimes awkward and accidental click/renames can happen as I've seen on other apps. Double-click on column header name might be an option. Depends on how well it's implemented, for example, I like the feel of this example in Edge browser https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/dblclick_event Also on the developer page, there seems to be options for a Ctrl, Shift, Alt, or Meta key was held during firing...which might be preferable for some users that are clicky-happy and don't want accidents. We could make that option for a key held down with double-click as a preference setting. Dunno :-)

[Abbe98]

I would prefer to have/implement a solution to the menu system being such a pain to navigate/use rather than to see many small approaches to expose features elsewhere in different places.

[wetneb]

I completely support a bold redesign of this menu (I have something in mind which would essentially get rid of the column menu entirely, related to your extension with a keyboard-based prompt for actions) but I think it is still worth making small changes like this one: if we manage to get rid of "rename column" and "delete column" from this menu into an intuitive UI in the column header itself, that's something that we would likely retain anyway after such a bold redesign: it's two less menu items to replace by similar functionality elsewhere.

[Abbe98]

I'm still not very fond of the idea of having these small one-off approaches to actions or this particular solution, it would make the UI less consistent and will only increase the existing discovery issues.

[thadguidry]

The hidden double-click to rename could be approached with an initial large custom tooltip guide, to ensure users are aware of it? I also am not fond of hiding functionality, so I think those would be covered in guides and initial large tooltips that show up when viewing the grid initially and must be dismissed. Facet panel collapse, column rename, column drag, etc.

[tfmorris]

It would probably be worth aligning column rename with project rename so that they use the same design language. I have a small preference for pencil (edit) and X (delete) affordances, but don't feel strongly about it.