Visual Web Developer - jQuery Intellisense not showing

Question

Hi,

I'm trying to follow this tutorial - http://www.dotnetcurry.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=231&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

I have both the vsdoc file and the main jQuery script files in the same folder, and when I include the jquery file, I get no intellisense when I start typing $(, but I do get intellisense when I include the jquery vsdoc file instead.

Any ideas? I'm expecting vs to automatically load the intellisense from the vsdoc.

Thanks for any help!

Answer 1

You'll need to include the jquery file and reference the vsdoc file.

Answer 2

all you need to do is make sure you reference the vsdoc file at the top of your custom scripts page:

/// <reference path="jquery-1.3.2-vsdoc.js" />

since the vsdoc is only needed for development, i keep it somewhere on my machine locally and just reference it in every new project i make. there's no need to include it in your project. just make sure your reference path is accurate.

Answer 3

Check you have the hotfix for visual studio installed.

You can get it here, along with instructions on how to do it:

http://blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/archive/2008/11/07/hotfix-to-enable-vsdoc-js-intellisense-doc-files-is-now-available.aspx

Answer 4

Check out my post on this topic from a few weeks ago which includes the required pre-reqs (install SP1 and a hotfix) and full source code and screenshots from jquery 1.3 download to working intellisense: Integrating jQuery 1.3, ASP.NET 3.5 Visual Studio 2008