id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	guest	host
17564	Lock-up in the file browser on rename	Biff		"Reprod as follows:

- Create a new virtual machine
- Add new storage attachment
- Choose 'add hard disk'
- Navigate to a file (pretty much any file or folder will do)
- Right-click 'rename'
- Hit backspace to remove the content of the filename so it is blank.
- Now click 'open'

A dialog is permanently displayed on the screen saying:

The name """" can not be used.

Try using another name, with fewer characters or no punctuation marks.

From this point there is no option but to kill VirtualBox.
"	defect	new	GUI	VirtualBox 5.2.6				all	Linux