Ctrl+R, Ctrl+R command not working

Question

I'm attempting to use the Ctrl+R, Ctrl+R command within Visual Studio 2008 to rename a variable. I get an error message at the bottom saying that

"The key combination (Ctrl+R, Ctrl+R) is bound to command (&Rename...) which is not currently available."

I am not running it or anything I can think of which might prohibit modifications of the file and the F2 command allows a rename to happen. Anyone know how to fix this?

EDIT: I do have Resharper installed but was previously able to do this with the same setup, I recently migrated computers.

score 84 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 01 '17 at 14:47

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I was able to fix this by doing the following:

Go to Resharper → Options menu commmand
Select Environment → Keyboard & Menus
Select the Visual Studio option under Keyboard Shortcuts
Click Apply Scheme and Save

This will cause Ctrl+R, Ctrl+R to do a rename. (Select ReSharper options in the dialog box that pops up then.)

However, it made F2 no longer able to preform a rename. I was able to fix that by doing the following:

Go to ReSharper → Options menu command
Select Environment → General
Select the ReSharper 2.x or IntelliJ IDEA under Restore ReSharper keyboard shortcuts
Click Apply or OK

This allows both F2 and Ctrl+R, Ctrl+R commands to work for renaming a variable.

This seems to be specific to ReSharper being installed with Visual Studio, I don't know what the solution would be to fix this if ReSharper weren't installed.

ReSharper Options Menu

edited Jan 01 '17 at 14:47

Cœur

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answered Mar 30 '10 at 19:34

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It appears I don't have ReSharper so I'm still looking for a solution to this problem. – Chucky Mar 07 '13 at 12:49
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@Chucky you can map the keyboard shortcut in Visual Studio by going to Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Keyboard, looking up Refactor.Rename under the "Show commands containing:" field, and setting it to CTLR + R, CTRL + R under "Press shortcut keys:" – Boyan Aug 13 '13 at 17:28
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I found it under 1. resharper->options 2. Keyboard & menus 3. Select Visual studio and press "Apply scheme", 4. Click Save – Anders Lindén Sep 19 '14 at 11:13
Just to add sometimes you need to restart Visual Studio for this to take effect. Certainly I did in VS2013 – garryp May 01 '15 at 14:11
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If it doesn't work, try to uncheck "Hide overridden Visual Studio menu items". It worked for me. – Umut Özel Jun 08 '15 at 15:04

score 18 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 06 '11 at 15:40

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For Resharper 6

You should:

Select menu "Resharper" - "Options..."
Select "Visual Studio Integration"
Choose "Visual Studio" in both places
Click "Apply Scheme"

It will either works or you will have a selection to do (Visual Studio or Resharper), if it is so, then choose Resharper.

answered Oct 06 '11 at 15:40

Eric Ouellet

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Thanks! It helped. Resetting to Visual Studio lets you choose Resharper then (when shortcut conflicts arise). – Anatoly Mironov Nov 17 '11 at 10:26
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I never thought setting to visual studio would allow me to use resharper commands.. Strange how that works... – JakeJ May 18 '12 at 11:15

Jan Ivar Z. Carlsen · Answer 3 · 2017-02-16T22:08:00.137

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In my case the problem was solved by clearing the ReSharper cache. This can be done in the options menu under Environment > General here:

edited Feb 16 '17 at 22:08

answered Feb 14 '17 at 13:39

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That's Good Point! – yu yang Jian Apr 25 '18 at 08:35
Equally, I tried tons of things above but **before** clearing ReSharper cache I closed files and Visual Studio and reopened. Seemed to work. Annoying! But hey, problem solved :) – Joel Balmer Jun 17 '19 at 10:59

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 30 '10 at 19:15

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resharper has multiple default shortcut bindings that is chosen the first time you start visual studio after instalation. My guess is you picked a different one this time.

answered Mar 30 '10 at 19:15

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This was helpful in fixing the problem. – mwright Mar 30 '10 at 19:34
@mwright - be sure to mark a solution if it helped you solve the issue. – CrimsonX Mar 30 '10 at 20:40
@CrimsonX - while helpful it wasn't actually the solution, I guess what's protocol on that? You mark it as solution and then update your post to include the steps for the solution or create your own answer? – mwright Mar 30 '10 at 21:40
@mwright. A good question. If I were in your situation, and found a detailed answer with the help of myself, I'd answer my own question, mark it as the answer, and thank (and upvote) people that helped you find the solution. Its a judgment call... – CrimsonX Mar 30 '10 at 22:27

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 17 '15 at 13:16

Using version 8 of ReSharper in Visual Studio 2013, I had to

Go to the RESHARPER menu -> Options
Expand Environment
Select Keyboard & Menus
Choose Visual Studio as the ReSharper keyboard scheme
Click Apply Scheme...Save & close dialog box.

The next time I executed a keyboard shortcut it prompted me to choose which keyboard shortcut I wanted to use.

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score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 30 '10 at 19:29

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This happened to me once. I had to reinstall Resharper (repair from Add/Remove programs probably) to get it to work. But that was with VS2005 though.

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score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 10 '20 at 19:14

I'm guessing very few people will be in my situation but FWIW I was in this situation too where Refactor.Rename (Ctrl+R,Ctrl+R) was NOT working in Visual Studio 2019/Win 10, after reboots/restarts plus I did not have Resharper installed. In my case Refactor.Rename wasn't working because my project was in FOLDER mode not SOLUTION mode (OMFG). Soon as I used the solution tool to "Switch Views" and went into SOLUTION mode Refactor.Rename started working again. In hindsight this makes sense of course but some kind of error message/warning would have been nice to help me realize what the issue was!

score 1 · Answer 8 · edited Sep 27 '17 at 09:22

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All the answers above are well and good but this error also comes up in one more instance.

You start debugging your test script written for the project , the project stops at breakpoint .

If at this point , you try any operation on code , you will get the error similar to : "The key combination (Ctrl+R, Ctrl+R) is bound to command (&Rename...) which is not currently available."

edited Sep 27 '17 at 09:22

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answered Apr 10 '17 at 10:52

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So, the answer is: stop your debugging session. – Thomas Weller Aug 23 '22 at 12:43

score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Jan 31 '19 at 15:53

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Nothing has worked for me until I have tried upgrading my Resharper! :O

answered Jan 31 '19 at 15:53

Ashkan S

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score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Aug 13 '20 at 02:14

For me, the issue was I hadn't started the Resharper evaluation which wasn't obvious because all of the Resharper extension options were accessible, but the clue was under:

Extensions -> Resharper -> Why Resharper Is Disabled.

Click "Start Evaluation" (in the same location as "Pause Evaluation" in the screenprint)

I expected the evaluation to start when I clicked "OK", but clearly it doesn't.

score 0 · Answer 11 · edited Aug 05 '13 at 10:51

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For DevExpress:

Open the Options screen (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+O)
Go to Core → Features
Set Default to Visual Studio shortcuts

edited Aug 05 '13 at 10:51

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answered Jul 27 '12 at 09:12

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score 0 · Answer 12 · edited Aug 05 '13 at 10:50

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This is usually the shortcut used by Resharper. Is there any chance Resharper is not running?

Alternatively, you can change the name, hit Ctrl+. and then use Rename.

edited Aug 05 '13 at 10:50

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answered Mar 30 '10 at 19:13

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score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Mar 30 '10 at 19:15

You get this behaviour in Visual Studio (without R# installed) if the editor window does not have focus when you issue the shortcut. I've just tried it with R# installed and it does the same thing.

Give the editor focus (ie. by clicking in it) and try again.

score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Apr 22 '16 at 06:33

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For me, this problem was caused by me not clicking 'Accept" on the terms and conditions page, but closing it. I did not realize it was the terms and conditions, and thought it was just a notice, or a 'readme' being displayed.

answered Apr 22 '16 at 06:33

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score 0 · Answer 15 · answered Jun 07 '18 at 21:47

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Restart Visual Studio.

Worked for me.

answered Jun 07 '18 at 21:47

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score 0 · Answer 16 · answered Aug 08 '19 at 12:34

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None of the above worked for me. I had to reset my resharper settings in the end.

Go to Resharper -> Manage Options
Click the "Reset All Settings" button

answered Aug 08 '19 at 12:34

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score 0 · Answer 17 · answered Aug 23 '22 at 14:05

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In my case (Visual Studio 2022 17.4.0 with Resharper 2022.2.2), I had to

disable Resharper
restart Visual Studio to make the change effective
enable Resharper
restart Visual Studio to make the change effective

answered Aug 23 '22 at 14:05

Thomas Weller

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"to make the change effective" ...what change specifically did you make that resulted in this solution working for you? – Collin Barrett Oct 06 '22 at 18:57
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@CollinBarrett: Disable R# and restart Visual Studio so that it is disabled. Enable R# and restart Visual Studio so that it became enabled again. – Thomas Weller Oct 06 '22 at 19:58

Dot NET Lover · Answer 18 · 2023-06-26T11:37:55.373

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Select the text, Next press Ctrl key and then press R key twice.
release Ctrl key.
Now type the new text and then to apply press Enter.

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answered Jun 25 '23 at 13:11

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Ctrl+R, Ctrl+R command not working

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