Sync Ranges
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The Sync Edit feature lets you simultaneously edit indentical identifiers in selected code. For example, in a block of code that contains several occurrences of Unit598, you can edit just the first occurrence and all the other occurrences will change automatically.
To create and edit a sync range:
- Select a portion of text
- Click on the Sync Edit Mode icon in the left gutter of the editor. Common identifiers are underlined.
- Click on an identifier and all identical identifiers will be indicated with boxes
- Begin editing the identifier. As you change the identifier, the same change is performed automatically on the other identifiers.
- When you have finished changing the identifiers, exit Sync Edit mode by clicking the Sync Edit Mode icon
Note: Sync Edit determines indentical identifiers by matching text strings; it does not analyze the identifiers. For example, it does not distinguish between two like-named identifiers of different types in different scopes. Therefore, Sync Edit is intended for small sections of code and not for refactoring across an entire project.
