Refactor local variable name using Visual Studio Code

Question

I have this simple situation. I\'d like to refactor the name of the role variable:

It looks like Visual Studio Code is smart enough to know that \"roles\" in th

Answer 1

To open your user and workspace settings, use the following Visual Studio Code menu command:

On Windows/Linux: Menu File → Preferences → Settings. On macOS: Code → Preferences → Settings.

You can also open the Settings editor from the Command Palette (Ctrl + Shift + P) with Preferences, open Settings or use the keyboard shortcut (Ctrl + ,).

In the search bar, enter settings.json, and add this below code:

{
  "command": "editor.action.changeAll",
  "key": "ctrl+f2",
  "when": "editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly"
}

and

{
  "command": "editor.action.rename",
  "key": "f2",
  "when": "editorHasRenameProvider && editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly"
}

In the keybindings.

F2 appears to work across all files, and Ctrl + F2 in the current file only.