File name selection without selecting the extension

It would be more user friendly if selecting a file name in the metadata field "File Name" would only select the name and not the name + extension. You mostly don't change the extension but you do change the file name. Now if I want to rename a file I have to place the cursor between the end of the file name and the dot of the extension (an extra click). If you select a filename in the finder (Os X) only the name is selected. I would like to see Lightroom use the same logic. Thanks!

Is it because you rename each image individually rather than in a batch ?  I rename all of my images, but I nearly always batch process the entire shoot.  That is very easy to do as you probably already know.  I only occasionally have to rename a single image with a special name.  I click once on the file name and the entire name is highlighted as you mention. Then I double click and only the "meat" of the name without the extension is highlighted.   I didn't have to line the cursor up to the period to get it to do that. This is on a Mac.  I am not sure what would happen on a PC.  It is pretty fast and simple, although I guess the double click would be a pain if I were renaming hundreds of images.  Is there a reason why you are not batch renaming them?  In the old days, photographers would often describe the image in the name ("Oldwhitehouse.jpg" for example).  Now with LR and keywords, that is not really necessary anymore.  Many photographers rename on import with the date/time and sequence number.  All that is necessary is that they have a unique name and then use LR to find them later.
my 2¢ anyway...
John
John G. Blair Studio
Occidental, California

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