Index: trunk/src/change.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/change.c	(revision 16298)
+++ trunk/src/change.c	(revision 16299)
@@ -744,10 +744,15 @@
 		case PCB_OBJ_TEXT:
 			if ((parent_subc != NULL) && !PCB_FLAG_TEST(PCB_FLAG_FLOATER, obj) && !PCB_FLAG_TEST(PCB_FLAG_DYNTEXT, obj))
 				goto term_name; /* special case: dyntext floaters are rarely temrinals */
+			if ((parent_subc != NULL) && PCB_FLAG_TEST(PCB_FLAG_DYNTEXT, obj) && (strstr(((pcb_text_t *)obj)->TextString, "%a.parent.refdes%"))) {
+				obj = (pcb_any_obj_t *)parent_subc;
+				goto subc_name;
+			}
 			name = pcb_gui->prompt_for("Enter text:", PCB_EMPTY(((pcb_text_t *)obj)->TextString));
 			break;
 
 		case PCB_OBJ_SUBC:
+			subc_name:;
 			name = pcb_gui->prompt_for("Subcircuit refdes:", PCB_EMPTY(((pcb_subc_t *)obj)->refdes));
 			break;