# Refactoring Window

The Refactoring window displays every instance in your application that could be affected by refactoring, and lets you exclude files or individual instances from refactoring. The Refactoring window contains the following sections:

Element | Description
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Tree of Instances | The tree displays all instances of the element that you want to rename. Using the navigation buttons in the toolbar you can view either a logical tree, organized by syntax, or a physical view, organized by location. By default, all instances are selected. Deselect an instance if you do not want to rename that instance. Select an instance to preview the current/refactored form in the Preview pane.
Preview Pane | Use the Preview pane to compare the original and refactored versions of the selected instance.
Do Refactoring | Click Do Refactoring to rename all the instances that are selected in the tree. Deselect the instances in the tree that you want to exclude before you click Do Refactoring. If you do not want to rename any instances, click Cancel..
Toolbar | The left side of the Refactoring window contains the following buttons in the toolbar for navigating through the tree of instances and modifying how the instances are organized and displayed in the tree of instances.
| Refresh
| Collapse all nodes in tree
| Expand all nodes in tree
| Show logical view (organized by syntax)
| Show physical view (organized by location)
| Previous occurrence
| Next occurrence

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