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How to restore JMP 18's "single-click to rename" column behavior in JMP 19?

lwx228 — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 07:13:41 GMT

Hi everyone,
I recently upgraded from JMP 18 to JMP 19 and noticed a change in the left Columns Panel that significantly slows down my workflow.
In JMP 18, if a column was already selected, a simple single-click on the column name would easily put it into edit/rename mode. It was very convenient. However, in JMP 19, a single click only selects the column (and auto-scrolls the data grid to view it). To enter the rename mode now, I am forced to perform a quick double-click, which feels much less user-friendly.
Here is what I have tried so far:
I went into Preferences -> Tables and tried toggling the [ ] Double-click opens column info checkbox. Unfortunately, regardless of whether this is checked or unchecked, it does not bring back the JMP 18 single-click-to-rename functionality.
My questions are:
Is there any hidden setting or preference in JMP 19 to revert to the old single-click rename behavior?
If this is a hard-coded UI change in version 19, could the development team consider adding an option to bring the classic behavior back in future updates?
Thanks in advance for any insights or workarounds!

Re: How to restore JMP 18's "single-click to rename" column behavior in JMP 19?

lwx228 — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 07:18:03 GMT

There's another question:

In the script editing bar, I couldn't input Chinese using the Chinese input method I usually use.

For example, in the script within this table: The title bar can input Chinese.However, the script editing bar is not allowed, and neither is the script editing bar outside the table

This phenomenon does not exist in JMP 18.Thanks Experts!

Re: How to restore JMP 18's "single-click to rename" column behavior in JMP 19?

lwx228 — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 07:23:30 GMT

There is another issue with JMP19: If event response and font color are set for this column:

When there is an event response, the font color is consistent with the background color selected for the cell (it seems that JMP 19.1.0 has improved, but it is still too difficult to distinguish)

The effect is like the three marks in the second screenshot

Re: How to restore JMP 18's "single-click to rename" column behavior in JMP 19?

jschroedl — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:11:18 GMT

Sorry you're having issues entering text with your preferred IME. In JMP 19, we made changes to better support the OS IME and do not test all variations of third-party IMEs. To better support the OS IME we needed to use newer APIs. To have JMP use the older APIs, please try setting this preference: File > Preferences > Windows Specific > [x] Use legacy text input processing.

For your question about renaming columns, you can also press F2 to start the rename mode. (This is mapped to the Edit > Edit menu item).

Hope this helps,

John

Re: How to restore JMP 18's "single-click to rename" column behavior in JMP 19?

jschroedl — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:12:26 GMT

One further point about setting that preference. It only affects windows opened after the preference change so any open windows would need to be closed and re-opened to notice the difference.

Re: How to restore JMP 18's "single-click to rename" column behavior in JMP 19?

jschroedl — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:25:25 GMT

We continue to try to improve the dark mode support and agree that the contrast of link-style text in selected cells can be improved. A variation of the system accent color is used and the result is better with some choices but the default blue does have poor contrast. Here, I use a darker purple accent. The contrast is a little better but still needs improvement.

Re: How to restore JMP 18's "single-click to rename" column behavior in JMP 19?

hogi — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 08:56:32 GMT

Hm, the double-click function is now very universal in JMP, and can be used to rename column and table script names, filter views and ColumnTags.
Ah, no, not Column Tags.

Double Click for rename? For a Windows user, this is surprising. In general, double-clicking means 'execute', right?
As an alternative, one could use Clicking, waiting, then clicking again, like in many other programs - and how it worked before in JMP.

With the update to the data view, another feature was removed:

I mean editing the script, not the name of the script.

Other users might rename their scripts more often — I don't.
I'd prefer a quick way to open and edit the script.
Almost a bug: if the script is already open in the background, the 'Edit' option in the right-click menu is disabled.

Re: How to restore JMP 18's "single-click to rename" column behavior in JMP 19?

hogi — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:22:41 GMT

@lwx228 , Click on a Column - and write to edit it?
-> use the column header . [works if no row is selected]

Re: How to restore JMP 18's "single-click to rename" column behavior in JMP 19?

lwx228 — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:44:44 GMT

Thanks Experts!
OK

Re: How to restore JMP 18's "single-click to rename" column behavior in JMP 19?

lwx228 — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:50:39 GMT

The experience of JMP 18 is completely different from that of JMP19.

I obtained the TSV structured data in gemini3.1 pro (with fixed prompt words and fixed column names as well)

Using a JSL button to automate the operation, it can be saved as different files based on the column name of the first column, so manual renaming is required at this time.