Disable VScode TypeScript alias in rename refactoring

Since TypeScript 3.4 a setting has been implemented into tsserver that makes refactoring > rename create an alias in the local scope insted of change the original name

this abomination was enabled by default on VScode and after months of pain I found a way to disable it.

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

The configuration is called typescript.preferences.renameShorthandProperties

Comments

[Gaspard Anna]

Please note that you should turn both JS and TS options to false in case you edit JS code and do not want the weird thing to happen again.

"javascript.preferences.renameShorthandProperties": false,
"typescript.preferences.renameShorthandProperties": false

[Hyeonsu Lee]

Dang, I've always been so annoyed since this feature was added! This option should be false as default. Thank you so much man 👍

[GuyoST]

Hello,

I didn't know that and I renamed a class and VScode created an alias, but I don't know how I can remove this alias manually now. Can someone knows how to do that ? where is this alias defined ?

[hsrobbv]

THANK YOU ugh

[Andris Vilde]

Thank you very much! Was looking for this - didn't know there was such a setting.

[Jonas Kello]

Thanks! Have been looking for this since it was changed.

[t7yang]

Thank a lot, this is really annoying.

[Wendy Dherin]

Heads up that renameShorthandProperties has been deprecated; it's now useAliasesForRenames.

[Charles Allen]

Thanks!

[Luca Trazzi]

Thanks you man.