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Add Rename refactoring to quick fix #1068
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Right now when I open quickfix (cmd+.) it always suggests "Move..." and in what feels like 95% of the cases it always errors with "this method cannot be moved, since no possible targets have been..".
On the other hand Rename Symbol works and is more often used but by default is on F2 (a key I don't have available majority of the time) - but it is never shown in Quick Fix menu.
I think it would be much better if Rename refactoring was available via Quickfix.
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Eskibear commentedon Sep 23, 2019
For me, I think it's intuitive to use F2 or the separate "Rename Symbol" entry in context menu. And it's a cross-language convention in VSCode. See https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/refactoring#_refactoring-actions. And I think the number of entries for Renaming is enough. Just like the "Move...", imagine whenever your cursor stays on a variable, you have a bulb containing "Rename Symbol"... at least it's a little bit annoying for me.
maxandersen commentedon Sep 23, 2019
F2 doesn't exist on most laptop keyboards (which sucks - but that’s reality) so its kinda blocked off from easy access. I'm not talking about removing F2 just talking about enabling quick fix to actually include one of the most useful quick fixes/refactoring available.
Right now Move shows up everywhere and it is way less useful than Rename - at least for me :)
Having a bulb with rename symbol would actually be possible to use in most cases and then it would be less annoying the bulb shows up all the time :)
robstryker commentedon Oct 29, 2026
A reasonable request