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When right click on a file and select rename I am not allowed to change the extension. For example if the file name were FileName.hpp and I want to change it to FileName.h I cannot. This is too restrictive. Why not have the rename functionality allow a total rename?
Reassigning to platform.
Yes, it is a valid request. It is not as easy to implement as it seems. But we will do our best to implement it as soon as possible. *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 27444 ***