Using F2 to Rename Open Files

Posted 2020-10-19 Trace Spaces

Copy to your User keymap

{ "keys": ["shift+f2"], "command": "rename_file", "args": { "paths": ["$file"] } }

 

Create directory/file in your Packages folder: "...Packages/RenameFile/rename_file.py"

 

import sublime

import sublime_plugin

import os

import functools

 

 

class RenameFileCommand(sublime_plugin.WindowCommand):

def run(self, paths):

if paths[0] == "$file":

paths[0] = self.window.active_view().file_name()

branch, leaf = os.path.split(paths[0])

v = self.window.show_input_panel("New Name:", leaf, functools.partial(self.on_done, paths[0], branch), None, None)

name, ext = os.path.splitext(leaf)

 

v.sel().clear()

v.sel().add(sublime.Region(0, len(name)))

 

def on_done(self, old, branch, leaf):

new = os.path.join(branch, leaf)

 

try:

os.rename(old, new)

 

v = self.window.find_open_file(old)

if v:

v.retarget(new)

except:

sublime.status_message("Unable to rename")

 

def is_visible(self, paths):

return len(paths) == 1