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by Rickard Nilsson

ReSharper User tip #2: Refactor rename namespace

26. augusti 2008 Rickard .NET, User tip, Software development (13)

Update! You can now find more user tips with the ReSharper user tip tag.

Have you ever wanted to rename a namespace but you have too many classes in the namespace that it would be an infeasible hassle changing all of them individually. Even using a tool like ReSharper to refactor the namespaces class by class is a hassle. Here is how to rename a namespace for all of its classes in a couple of key strokes using ReSharper.

Example

refactor namespace before

refactor namespace after

Mechanics

  1. Open Class View (Ctrl + Shift + C)
  2. Choose the namespace you want to rename
  3. Press Ctrl + R, R*
    or right-click on the namespace an choose Refactor > Rename
  4. Pick another name
  5. Hit Next

Update! Alternate context menu option to rename namespaces. Tested with ReSharper 5.1.

refactor namespace context menu

and you're done!

Please leave a comment if you found this useful.

* Visual Studio scheme

Comments (13) -

  • anon

    2014-02-09 00:53:15 | Reply

    Great! thanks

  • Tony

    2014-02-09 00:53:45 | Reply

    To keep from changing your keyboard settings, right click on the namespace and choose Refactor -> Rename

  • Divya

    2014-02-09 00:54:28 | Reply

    Thank you!!

  • Dans1

    2014-02-09 00:54:58 | Reply

    Did not work for me - Rename is greyed out when the namespace alone is selected, and the shortcut did not work.

    • Rickard

      2014-02-09 00:55:28 | Reply

      Thanks for the feedback! I've updated the post with a snap shot, hope it helps. You need to select the name space and not the project.

  • Venu

    2014-02-09 00:56:03 | Reply

    was very helpful, thank you.

  • charin

    2014-02-09 00:56:26 | Reply

    Thank you!

    • Rickard

      2014-02-09 00:57:21 | Reply

      Glad I could help and thanks for your feedback!

      • mimi

        2014-02-09 00:57:52 | Reply

        rename worked but i am getting a bunch of errors on initialize() func of UI.

        • Rickard

          2014-02-09 00:58:38 | Reply

          Hi mimi, can you please elaborate?

  • shybzzz

    2014-02-09 00:59:39 | Reply

    yeah very good
    that's what I need

  • Kenan

    2014-02-09 01:01:36 | Reply

    Worked! Thanks

  • bitmonkey

    2014-02-09 01:06:39 | Reply

    Perfect! Thank you, Rick.

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