Index: thunar/thunar-create-dialog.c
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--- thunar/thunar-create-dialog.c	(revision 21117)
+++ thunar/thunar-create-dialog.c	(working copy)
@@ -408,6 +408,11 @@
       if (G_LIKELY (offset > 0))
         gtk_entry_select_region (GTK_ENTRY (dialog->entry), 0, offset);
     }
+  else
+    {
+      /* select the whole file name */
+      gtk_entry_select_region (GTK_ENTRY (dialog->entry), 0, -1);
+    }
 
   /* notify listeners */
   g_object_notify (G_OBJECT (dialog), "filename");