Ctrl+R, Ctrl+R command not working

C#Visual Studio-2008RefactoringResharper

C# Problem Overview

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.

C# Solutions

Solution 1 - C#

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.

ReSharper Options Menu

Solution 2 - C#

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 - C#

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 4 - C#

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

Screenshot of options menu

Solution 5 - C#

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.

Solution 6 - C#

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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Solution 7 - C#

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

Solution 8 - C#

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)

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

Solution 9 - C#

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.

Solution 10 - C#

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.

Solution 11 - C#

For DevExpress:

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

Solution 12 - C#

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.

Solution 13 - C#

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."

Solution 14 - C#

Restart Visual Studio.

Worked for me.

Solution 15 - C#

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

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

Solution 16 - C#

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!

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