What is the fastest way to rename a clip in the Track View?

Keyboard command: Click "I" to open Inspector View . . . left mouse, select the clip to be renamed in Track View
Top left of screen (in Inspector) go to Clip, then Clip name . . . type in new Clip name.
Click on the Clip in Track View, it will have the new name.
 
As far as I know, this is the only way to rename a clip . . . if there is a faster way, I'd like to know too.
 
Wouldn't it be great to right click on a clip, and select "rename clip" . . . perhaps someday.

noynekker
......
Wouldn't it be great to right click on a clip, and select "rename clip" . . . perhaps someday.

Absolutely! Clip  renaming is quite a palaver at the moment.

noynekker
Keyboard command: Click "I" to open Inspector View . . . left mouse, select the clip to be renamed in Track View
...
 

Only slightly faster, but if you change the double click behaviour for audio clips to clip properties,
you can save yourself the steps above.
 
Track View>Options>Click Behaviour>Double-Click>Audio Clips>Clip Properties
 

It's somewhat quicker if you always have the Track Inspector visible (mine is always docked at the left)
 
Then it's just a matter of clicking the clip, select Clip Inspector, double click the existing name and type in the new one

Bristol_Jonesey
It's somewhat quicker if you always have the Track Inspector visible (mine is always docked at the left)
 
Then it's just a matter of clicking the clip, select Clip Inspector, double click the existing name and type in the new one

Same here.  There is so much you can do in the inspector that I also have it docked to the left in most screensets.

Skyline_UK

noynekker
......
Wouldn't it be great to right click on a clip, and select "rename clip" . . . perhaps someday.

Absolutely! Clip  renaming is quite a palaver at the moment.

is there a feature request for this yet?

jb101

Bristol_Jonesey
It's somewhat quicker if you always have the Track Inspector visible (mine is always docked at the left)
 
Then it's just a matter of clicking the clip, select Clip Inspector, double click the existing name and type in the new one

Same here.  There is so much you can do in the inspector that I also have it docked to the left in most screensets.

I think of the Inspector as being a right click on steroids

Wouldn't it be great to right click on a clip, and select "rename clip" . . . perhaps someday.

 
This, to me, would be the most intuitive UI.
 
For Sonar 8.5.3 here are the steps to rename a clip:
 
1) right click on the clip
2) select Clip Properties...  -- this will open the Clip Properties popup, with the name already highlighted
3) type the new name for the clip
4) hit RETURN (or click OK)
 
For Sonar Platinum here are the steps to rename a clip:
 
1) left click on the clip
2) hit I to open the inspector
3) click the Clip tab at the top of the inspector
4) click inside the Clip Name value
5) repeatedly hit delete and/or backspace to erase the current clip name (16 times for "Record 1, Take 1")
6) type the new name for the clip
7) click on the track pane outside of the clip to apply the change
8) hit I to close the inspector
 
Does that look correct?
 
 
 
If so, then why, if Cakewalk felt that clip renaming was common enough to make it the default behavior when opening Clip Properties in 8.5.3 (as evidenced by the fact that the clip name is automatically selected by default), did they make it so much more cumbersome in Platinum?  How is that considered "improvement"?

Tripecac

Wouldn't it be great to right click on a clip, and select "rename clip" . . . perhaps someday.

 
This, to me, would be the most intuitive UI.
 
For Sonar 8.5.3 here are the steps to rename a clip:
 
1) right click on the clip
2) select Clip Properties...  -- this will open the Clip Properties popup, with the name already highlighted
3) type the new name for the clip
4) hit RETURN (or click OK)
 
For Sonar Platinum here are the steps to rename a clip:
 
1) left click on the clip
2) hit I to open the inspector
3) click the Clip tab at the top of the inspector
4) click inside the Clip Name value
5) repeatedly hit delete and/or backspace to erase the current clip name (16 times for "Record 1, Take 1")
6) type the new name for the clip
7) click on the track pane outside of the clip to apply the change
8) hit I to close the inspector
 
Does that look correct?
 
 
 
If so, then why, if Cakewalk felt that clip renaming was common enough to make it the default behavior when opening Clip Properties in 8.5.3 (as evidenced by the fact that the clip name is automatically selected by default), did they make it so much more cumbersome in Platinum?  How is that considered "improvement"?

 
No, it doesn't - it looks deliberately long winded.
 
Mine looks like:
 
1) left click on the clips
2) click the Clip tab at the top of the inspector (as it's always open when I am doing this sort of work)
3) Swipe over the old name or Ctrl+A and type new name and return
 
Even adding "Press I before and after" (if Inspector not open) still makes it far less complicate than yours.
 
edited for clarity