Can the Script Editor incorporate a Autocomplete feature?

[ajtruckle]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Visual Studio 2022 includes an autocomplete feature that is extremely useful for coding.

For example:

Describe the solution you'd like
Is it possible for the Script Editor to integrate a similar feature?

[ajtruckle]

The Scintilla control does support Autocompletion as a concept. To quote:

Autocompletion displays a list box showing likely identifiers based upon the user's typing. The user chooses the currently selected item by pressing the tab character or another character that is a member of the fillup character set defined with SCI_AUTOCSETFILLUPS. Autocompletion is triggered by your application. For example, in C if you detect that the user has just typed fred. you could look up fred, and if it has a known list of members, you could offer them in an autocompletion list. Alternatively, you could monitor the user's typing and offer a list of likely items once their typing has narrowed down the choice to a reasonable list. As yet another alternative, you could define a key code to activate the list.

It goes into more detail, but suffice to say, we would have come up with lists of keywords. It seems to be a large undertaking.

[cengizu]

It is a handy feature. With intelligent suggestions, users can quickly select appropriate options from the list instead of typing them out fully. 👍

[ajtruckle]

@cengizu
We have a set of keywords used for syntax highlighting, although it's uncertain if they offer sufficient information. I've observed that Notepad++ includes its own keyword set in XML files, yet it lacks a keyword list for XML/XSL. In contrast, I possess some keywords based on the Lexilla parsers.

[ajtruckle]

@cengizu
Morning! I have now sent you the beta, and here is my attempt at the new help topic documentation:

https://github.com/ajtruckle/meeting-schedule-assistant-support/wiki/msa-advanced-editor#additional-features

[cengizu]

@ajtruckle

It works nice 👍

[ajtruckle]

@cengizu
Excellent! If you select xsl from the list and then type :, do you see the function list?

[cengizu]

@ajtruckle

Yes, I do:

[ajtruckle]

@cengizu
Thank you for confirming. 😊 The autocomplete list can be enhanced in the coming weeks; for instance, we could consider including small icons.

[ajtruckle]

@cengizu
I have made a few additional refinements the autocomplete user experience.

• Comments (<!--) are now automatically closed with -->.
• Functions (<xsl:function>) are now automatically closes with </xsl:function>.

The caret is automatically repositioned in the centre.