To select a symbol in the editor, place the caret at the name of the symbol to be renamed.
To select a symbol in the Project Tool Window, make sure that the members are shown, and then click the desired symbol.
To select a symbol in the Structure view, click the desired symbol in the Structure tool window.
Choose Refactor | Rename on the context menu, or press Shift+F6.
The subsequent behavior depends on the checkbox Enable in-place mode (Settings/Preferences dialog, Editor).
If this checkbox is selected, the suggested name appears right below the symbol in question. You can either accept suggestion, or type a new name. However, if you press Shift+F6 once more, PyCharm Edu will display the Rename dialog box with more options.
If this checkbox is not selected, the Rename dialog box opens immediately.
The set of controls and their names depend on the type of the symbol to be renamed.
Choose Refactor | Rename on the main or context menu or press Shift+F6.
In Rename File dialog box that opens, specify the new file name. Select Search in comments and strings checkbox to let PyCharm Edu apply changes to comments and strings.
Press Preview to observe possible changes in Find Tool Window. Press Refactor to proceed.
PyCharm Edu finds all the occurrences of the file name and changes them respectively.