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How do you figure out what file Eclipse just renamed? [message #1829336]

Wed, 01 July 2020 14:49

Harley Robertson

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Registered: July 2020

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It seems that this is a newer "feature" in Eclipse, but if you rename a file on the left panel (Navigator) but accidentally click on a different file before pressing enter, instead of renaming the file you were in the middle of renaming then it will apply the new name to whatever you just clicked on.

Since this was an accidental clicking, how do you know what the file name was before?

Undo does not undo file renaming, and I haven't been able to find any sort of History that indicates what it did.

I'm sure it ran some sort of command like "rename fileIdon'tWantToRename.ext to WhatIWantToNameADifferentFile.ext" - is there a way to see that?

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Re: How do you figure out what file Eclipse just renamed? [message #1829339 is a reply to message #1829336]

Wed, 01 July 2020 15:11

Emmanuel Chebbi

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Registered: February 2018

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Harley Robertson wrote on Wed, 01 July 2020 16:49

It seems that this is a newer "feature" in Eclipse

Looks more like a bug that should be reported https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/

Harley Robertson wrote on Wed, 01 July 2020 16:49

if you rename a file on the left panel (Navigator) but accidentally click on a different file before pressing enter, instead of renaming the file you were in the middle of renaming then it will apply the new name to whatever you just clicked on

I can't reproduce the issue on Eclipse 4.16.0, Java & DSL Developers package (Windows 10). It might be related to a specific file type. Could you share specific steps to reproduce the issue? Here is what I tried:

Open the Project Exporer view
Create a new project (File > New > Other... > General > Project)
Create a new file (File > New > File) named "foo.txt"
Create a new file (File > New > File) named "bar.txt"
Right-click on the "foo.txt" > Rename > type "otherfoo"
Click on "bar.txt"
"foo.txt" is renamed "otherfoo" as expected

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Re: How do you figure out what file Eclipse just renamed? [message #1829341 is a reply to message #1829339]

Wed, 01 July 2020 15:35

Harley Robertson

Messages: 2
Registered: July 2020

Junior Member

I'm on Version: 2020-03 (4.15.0)
Build id: 20200313-1211

It was a cfm file.

I can try updating it after I figure out what this file was named if it helps to prevent it from happening again.

Your steps sound correct, but the result for me was different. It renamed "????.cfm" to "foo.cfm".

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