Discussion on: 5 Visual Studio Code Tricks to Boost Your Productivity

Thanks for your response!

Ok, I've figured this out. Using F2 outside the place it's declared will alias it. Doing it on the import statement will also alias it.

e.g. Using F2 anywhere in this file

someFile.js

import { Clock } from './clocks'

const c = new Clock();

will result in

import { Clock as C } from './clocks'

const c = new C();

On the other hand, if you use it where it's exported it will look for all instances of it in your code and replace it.

e.g.

clocks.js

export class Clock {
  // stuff
}

someFile.js

import { Clock } from './clocks'

const c = new Clock();

Would become

clocks.js

export class C {
  // stuff
}

someFile.js

import { C } from './clocks'

const c = new C();