Preview Changes Dialog Box

The Preview Changes dialog box enables you to review all the reference changes that a refactoring operation would perform on your code before executing that refactoring operation.

Previewing reference changes is an optional refactoring process. To preview reference changes, check the Preview reference changes option, which is available in the following dialog boxes:

• Rename Dialog Box

• Encapsulate Field Dialog Box

• Remove Parameters Dialog Box

• Reorder Parameters Dialog Box

  Note

  Rename refactoring from the Property Grid of the Windows Forms Designer directly modifies your code. It does not display the Rename dialog box or the Preview Changes dialog box. For more information, see Rename refactoring.

Dialog Box Element	Description
Upper Pane	Shows where the code in your project will change. Code statements appear as nodes under source file nodes. When you select a code statement node, the corresponding reference appears refactored and highlighted in the Preview code changes text box.
Preview code changes	Displays your program with all reference changes incorporated into your program by the refactoring operation.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Rename Identifiers

How to: Refactor Code with Encapsulate Field

How to: Remove Parameters

How to: Reorder Parameters