diff --git a/editor/calculator.ts b/editor/calculator.ts
index 6433cf5c..c50252ba 100644
--- a/editor/calculator.ts
+++ b/editor/calculator.ts
@@ -2423,7 +2423,23 @@ module TDev
                 }
                     
                 if (k.primaryKind instanceof AST.LibraryRefKind)
-                    s = s.filter(p => !(<AST.LibraryRefAction>p)._extensionAction);
+                    s = s.filter(p => !(<AST.LibraryRefAction>p)._extensionAction);                
+                
+                if (k.primaryKind.getName() == "data" && TheEditor.widgetEnabled("promoteRefactoring")) {
+                    var e1 = this.mkIntelliItem(1e-10, Ticks.calcAddDataVar);
+                    e1.matchAny = true;
+                    e1.nameOverride = lf("new global var");
+                    e1.descOverride = lf("create new data variable");
+                    e1.cbOverride = () => {
+                        var ds = TheEditor.freshVar(api.core.Number);
+                        ds.setName(Script.freshName(this.searchApi.query() || "v"));
+                        
+                        this.insertToken(AST.mkPropRef(ds.getName()))
+                        
+                        TheEditor.addNode(ds);                        
+                    };                    
+                }                
+                
                 var downgradeConcat = false;
                 if (k.definition != null)
                     this.addGoTo(k.definition);
@@ -2454,10 +2470,10 @@ module TDev
                     s.push(api.core.StringConcatProp); // always available
                     downgradeConcat = true;
                 }
-                
+                                
                 s = s.filter(p => p.isBrowsable() && (!profile || profile.hasProperty(p))); 
                 s = Calculator.sortDecls(s);
-
+                
                 s.forEach((p: IProperty) => {
                     if (p.getInfixPriority() > 0 && p.getParameters().length == 1) {
                         // unary prefix operator; skip
diff --git a/editor/intelliItem.ts b/editor/intelliItem.ts
index 98a484bb..3556427e 100644
--- a/editor/intelliItem.ts
+++ b/editor/intelliItem.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ module TDev
         public isAttachedTo:Kind = null;
         public usageKey:string;
         public cornerIcon:string;
-        public noButton:boolean;
+        public noButton: boolean;
+        public matchAny: boolean;
 
         public getName()
         {
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ module TDev
             if (this.decl && this.decl.getKind() instanceof ThingSetKind) return 10;
             if (this.prop instanceof AST.LibraryRef) return 5;
             if (this.prop && !Script.canUseProperty(this.prop)) return -10;
+            if (this.matchAny) return -1e10;
             return 0;
         }
 
@@ -266,6 +268,7 @@ module TDev
         // Returns match quality
         public match(terms:string[], fullName:string)
         {
+            if (this.matchAny) return this.score;
             if (!!this.prop) return IntelliItem.matchProp(this.prop, terms, fullName);
             if (terms.length == 0) return 1;
             var lowerName = this.getName().toLowerCase();
diff --git a/editor/searchApi.ts b/editor/searchApi.ts
index 0c3b2637..ccaf15da 100644
--- a/editor/searchApi.ts
+++ b/editor/searchApi.ts
@@ -277,6 +277,8 @@ module TDev
             super.moveCarret(d);
             this.calc.onIntelliScroll();
         }
+        
+        public query() : string { return this.searchBox.value; }
 
         private searchKey() {
             this.searchBox.placeholder = "";
diff --git a/rt/ticker.ts b/rt/ticker.ts
index 39764308..fff62716 100644
--- a/rt/ticker.ts
+++ b/rt/ticker.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ module TDev {
         calcPromoteToParameter,
         calcGoToDef,
         calcFindRefs,
+        calcAddDataVar,
         calcUnselect,
         calcExtend,
         calcReplaceInScript,