Rename Folder from Properties Panel Vs Rename Popup for "When an item or file is modified"

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I have created this flow which get triggered when Item or File is modified:-

now if i rename a folder from the rename popup then will NOT trigger the flow:-

but if i do the rename from the properties panel this will trigger the flow:-

so i need the flow to always run on folder rename,, any advice?

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lbendlin 8,355 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Rename Folder from Properties Panel Vs Rename Popup for "When an item or file is modified"

"Item" refers to an item in a sharepoint list. "File" refers to a file in a sharepoint document library.

There is no trigger for "folder" as far as I know. Please vote for an existing idea or raise a new one here https://ideas.powerautomate.com/d365community/forum/086dd68e-597f-ec11-8d21-0022482e8f9f

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Rename Folder from Properties Panel Vs Rename Popup for "When an item or file is modified"

@lbendlin workflow treat file/folder the same,.. and this flow is been triggered if the folder rename is done from the properties panel. which means file cover files & folders also!!!!!!!

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Rename Folder from Properties Panel Vs Rename Popup for "When an item or file is modified"

Turns out this is even weirder.

Power Automate: SharePoint - When an item or a file is modified Trigger - Manuel T. Gomes

The trigger only looks at the meta data, not at the file / item contents.

So now the question would be - is the item/file/folder name field tracked for meta data changes? Potentially not?

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Rename Folder from Properties Panel Vs Rename Popup for "When an item or file is modified"

@lbendlin i think your posts are not been related to my question, i do not want to trigger it if the content of the file is modified, i want to trigger it if the FOLDER NAME is changed... where a folder does not have a content !!! and the File cover both File/Folder ...

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lbendlin 8,355 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Rename Folder from Properties Panel Vs Rename Popup for "When an item or file is modified"

Please read my responses again. I am explicitly stating that the trigger is only activated by meta data changes. The question is - is "item name change" included in the trigger or not? (My hunch is that no, it is not.)

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