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.

Solution 1

I was able to fix this by doing the following:

1. Go to Resharper → Options menu commmand
2. Select Environment → Keyboard & Menus
3. Select the Visual Studio option under Keyboard Shortcuts
4. 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:

1. Go to ReSharper → Options menu command
2. Select Environment → General
3. Select the ReSharper 2.x or IntelliJ IDEA under Restore ReSharper keyboard shortcuts
4. 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.

Solution 2

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.

Solution 3

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

Solution 4

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.

Solution 5

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

1. Go to the RESHARPER menu -> Options
2. Expand Environment
3. Select Keyboard & Menus
4. Choose Visual Studio as the ReSharper keyboard scheme
5. 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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Comments

[mwright]

This was helpful in fixing the problem.

[Milos Vidakovic]

@mwright - be sure to mark a solution if it helped you solve the issue.

[mwright]

@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?

[Milos Vidakovic]

@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...

[Anatoly Mironov]

Thanks! It helped. Resetting to Visual Studio lets you choose Resharper then (when shortcut conflicts arise).

[JakeJ]

I never thought setting to visual studio would allow me to use resharper commands.. Strange how that works...

[Chucky]

It appears I don't have ReSharper so I'm still looking for a solution to this problem.

[Boyan]

@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:"

[Anders Lindén]

I found it under 1. resharper->options 2. Keyboard & menus 3. Select Visual studio and press "Apply scheme", 4. Click Save

[garryp]

Just to add sometimes you need to restart Visual Studio for this to take effect. Certainly I did in VS2013

[Umut Özel]

If it doesn't work, try to uncheck "Hide overridden Visual Studio menu items". It worked for me.

[yu yang Jian]

That's Good Point!

[Joel Balmer]

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 :)