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Usage of Resharper Rename

Rename is pretty much the only refactor tool that I use but I can't get the in-place feature to work. Also the refactor is always across my entire solution where I usually want only the project, namespace, file or method.

So how to get Resharper Rename working in-place on a selectable scope?

PS: if the in-place rename has the current file as default, that would be fine to.

Solution

  • To limit the scope of what you are renaming you could try the Rename with Preview functionality. For example, starting with the code below and a requirement to rename "emp" to "employee"

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    what I did was rename emp to employee in the foreach line:

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    then click the little red indicator (smart tag) that appears to the bottom right of the renamed variable. That brings up a context menu where "Rename with Preview" can be selected.

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    That menu option brings up a dialog where instances can be checked or unchecked as desired to limit the scope of the renaming operation.

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    This may vary depending on the versions of Visual Studio and ReSharper that you are using but it definitely works for Visual Studio 2010 and ReSharper 7 as that's what I tested it on.