Renaming Projects

There are a couple of ways to rename a project. You can rename the project in Flare Online only in order to modify how it is displayed in the interface. You can also change the name of the actual project file (FLPRJ) in both Flare Online and Flare Desktop. You might even want to perform both sets of steps below so that the project name is the same everywhere.

Permission Required?

For this activity, you must have the following permission setting:

For more information about permissions, see Setting User Permissions or Setting Team Permissions.

How to Rename the Project in Flare Online (Interface Display)

Changing the project name in Flare Online is easy, but doing this will not also change the name of the project locally in Flare Desktop. It only affects how the project name is displayed in various places in the Flare Online interface; if you open the Workspace view for the project, you will see that the Flare Desktop FLPRJ file still has the original name.

  1. On the left side of the Flare Online interface, click Projects.

  2. Click the project icon.

  3. Select Settings.
  4. In the Name field, change the name for the project.
  5. Click Save.

How to Rename the Project in Flare Online and Flare Desktop (File Name)

This requires you to perform steps outside of Flare Desktop and Flare Online. You need to use Windows and Git Bash for synchronizing the new name between Flare Desktop and Flare Online.

  1. Close the local project in Flare Desktop, and open Windows to the location where the project is stored.
  2. Rename the FLPRJ file.

  3. Right-click in an empty area of Windows (not on a file or folder), and from the context menu select Git Bash Here.

  4. In Git Bash type git add -A and press ENTER.

  5. Type git commit -m "My comment" and press ENTER. (The text in quotes can be any comment you want to enter.)

  6. Type git push and press ENTER.

    In Flare Online, you will notice on the Workspace page view for the project that the new name is shown.