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If you expand a java class node you get to the Bean Patterns node. This node lists the fields associated with a class (from a JavaBean perspective). The right click menu for these fields has a Rename. Currently, rename just works locally in the file (and performs many of the same tasks that refactoring seems to). A rename of the node should actually trigger a real refactoring request.
*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 47625 ***
I guess this is a variation of the issue. The difference is where the user "starts" from. In most of the other issues marked as a dup, the user is in the java editor. In this case the user is in the explorer. Please don't forget that case.