This is probably the most commonly used refactoring. The target for the rename action can be any symbol in the source code: class, method, field, method parameter, or local variable.

To rename, just pick the target and press Shift + F6. This action will start the in-place prompt, as shown in the following screenshot:

If you use the Shift + F6 shortcut twice, the Rename dialog box will offer additional options such as searching within comments and text strings, as shown here:

IntelliJ IDEA handles renaming intelligently; it will offer to rename the getter and setter methods if any of them are found. If the target to be renamed is the name of a type, the IDE will offer to rename variables of that type, the inheritors, implementing classes, and corresponding tests.

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