Don't use modality to inform the user about the dangerous world of code refactoring.

src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp

@@ -571,6 +571,8 @@ CPPEditor::CPPEditor(QWidget *parent)
 
 CPPEditor::~CPPEditor()
 {
+    Core::EditorManager::instance()->hideEditorInfoBar(QLatin1String("CppEditor.Rename"));
+
     m_semanticHighlighter->abort();
     m_semanticHighlighter->wait();
 }
@@ -763,13 +765,18 @@ void CPPEditor::renameUsages()
     Core::EditorManager::instance()->showEditorInfoBar(QLatin1String("CppEditor.Rename"),
                                                        tr("This change cannot be undone."),
                                                        tr("Yes, I know what I am doing."),
-                                                       this, SLOT(renameUsagesNow()));
+                                                       this, SLOT(hideRenameNotification()));
+    renameUsagesNow();
+}
+
+void CPPEditor::hideRenameNotification()
+{
+    Core::EditorManager::instance()->hideEditorInfoBar(QLatin1String("CppEditor.Rename"));
 }
 
 void CPPEditor::renameUsagesNow()
 {
     if (Symbol *canonicalSymbol = markSymbols()) {
-        Core::EditorManager::instance()->hideEditorInfoBar(QLatin1String("CppEditor.Rename"));
         m_modelManager->renameUsages(canonicalSymbol);
     }
 }

src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.h

@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ public Q_SLOTS:
     void renameUsages();
     void findUsages();
     void renameUsagesNow();
+    void hideRenameNotification();
 
 protected:
     bool event(QEvent *e);

src/plugins/cpptools/cppfindreferences.cpp

@@ -682,6 +682,8 @@ static void applyChanges(QTextDocument *doc, const QString &text, const QList<Fi
 void CppFindReferences::onReplaceButtonClicked(const QString &text,
                                                const QList<Find::SearchResultItem> &items)
 {
+    Core::EditorManager::instance()->hideEditorInfoBar(QLatin1String("CppEditor.Rename"));
+
     if (text.isEmpty())
         return;