Question

I have several pages of code that need to have naming styles reinforced, e.g. use fooBar instead of FooBar for local variables. I don’t want to correct it one by one for an obvious reason.

I tried to fiddle with the code cleanup profiles accessiable via ReSharper > Tools > Cleanup Code > Edit Profiles. I am not able to find a way to correct all naming style in one hit, or even with a keyboard shortcut. Could seasonsed ReSharper users advise how I can tackle this problem?

Answer 1

I don’t believe ReSharper has a way to do a bulk rename like you want. Changing the C# Naming Styles will certainly highlight (as warnings) those local variables that need changing, but Code Cleanup won’t correct them for you.

There are times when renaming a variable to match a convention might result in one symbol colliding with another symbol that already exists; I imagine that’s why ReSharper doesn’t allow the bulk rename.

Two ReSharper shortcuts may make this pretty quick (and this is assuming you have adopted ReSharper’s shortcut keys for Visual Studio):

1. Alt + PgDn – Go to next highlight (error, warning or suggestion). This will let you get from one misnamed variable to the next quite quickly.
2. Alt + Enter – Open the “Quick Fix” menu and select “Rename…”. This will rename the variable and update all references.