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Replace (Ctrl+R) should help when you replace string insige single file. Methods, classes, etc better rename with Refactor | Rename (Shift+F) (Shift+F6)


Message was edited by: Elena Shaverdova

Default hotkey for Refactor | Rename is Shift+F6, not Shift+F.

Thank you, Dmitriy! That was mistype.

The problem I am having with Replace is that it renames everything with that string (so my variable called 'contact' will be renamed, but also any occurance of the string contact), also, I need to make very tightfitting searches (to excluse for example contactBase).
The problem I have with Rename (refactor) is that it renames everything project wide. I want it to be just in the current file (sometimes I can just copy files from one module to the next and rename the files and some identifiers, doing this by hand is just inefficient).

So am I to understand that there is no way of doing this other than using Replace?

Edited: Changed 'Rename' to 'Replace'.

Renaming dialog has checkboxes "Search in comments and strings" and "Search for text occurences". Unselect them to rename only variable.

I cannot see those options? (See attached screenshot).

edit: Oh you mean refactor-rename? Yes, but that will still rename across all files, not just one.

edit2: I think the confusion is because I said 'Rename' where I mean 'Replace'.

Yes, I've meant Refactor | Rename. It renames all references to renamed variable, so, when copy-pasted code is visible to its source, you'll have to rename manually with Replace.

Evert,

I created an issue which affects described functionality, please vote - http://youtrack.jetbrains.net/issue/WI-7178

Thank you for feedback!