A few weeks ago, refactoring code using F2 worked without any confirmation. Since a few days, however, using F2 opens up a "Refactor preview" tab in the bottom panel.
I cannot find anything online or in the vscode settings. Can this be disabled so that the refactoring automatically proceeds like it used to?
Are you accidentally pressing Shift + Enter after renaming?
This behavior should only happen after you press F2, change the name of the item, and then press Shift + Enter. Pressing only enter should automatically perform the rename without the refactor preview tab opening. The rename box states this:
In case its not clear, here is a video that illustrates this.
First of all, you can try to disable Editor > Rename: Enable Preview in User/Workspace settings, and then perform Developer: Reload Window to see whether the problem still exists.
If you are using C/C++ entension, the problem maybe still exists. Then you can try disable its IntelliSense and replace with clangd extension's.
clangd extension;C/C++ extension bubble popup will ask you whether to disable its IntelliSense, and choose yes;In C/C++ extension, to ensure the refactoring is safe, a preview tab is forced to appear when the refactoring may be ambiguous.
For example, if you have parameters in different functions with a same name:
int func1(int para){return 0;}
int func2(int para){return 0;}
int func3(int para3){int para = 0; return 0;}
then rename para in func1 with F2 and you can see the "conflicts": click to see.
In the process, renaming is accomplished by C/C++ extension, and the preview tab will still appear even Rename: Enable Preview is banned.
