intellisense

Where does Visual Studio get the data intellisense and name-space completion

I admit...I am posting this question because I still don't have an answer to my other question and thought I would take a different tact. Can someone explain to me WHERE the values for intellisense and namespace/class/member completion works. I figured if I can drill into where/how it is deriving that data I can try to reconfigure my...

VS 2008 Intellisense for C# static dictionaries

I have the following in a C# class: public static readonly SortedDictionary<string, string> Fields = new SortedDictionary<string, string> { ... } I was hoping there was a way to get Intellisense to provide prompts for all the keys defined in Fields. It supplies lists of the methods and properties in the class, including t...

VS2010 beta 1 Intellisense Speed

I'm using Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1. Intellisense is SO SLOW. There's a good half a second delay after I press any key in the source code window. This is absolutely crippling to my development speed. Is there anything I can do to speed up Intellisense? I lost my Visual Studio 2008 key :(. ...

Visual Studio's CSS Intellisense - Absolute paths & MasterPage files

Hi there. I've noticed that to get CSS-Intellisense working in VS, the paths have to be relative - Is this the case? However, it seems <link href="/resources/test.css" [...] /> is far more practical than <link href="resources/test.css" [...] /> I'm including the CSS in the master page, and don't see much good in including it a...

How to improve Intellij 8?

Is there a way to improve the intellisense of intellij? I love how visual Studio intellisense works by making suggestions as you type. ...

Problem with Statement Completion in Visual Studio 2008 SP1

After installing SP1 of Visual Studio 2008, code completion shows all types when an object member shows the parameter list. Before SP1, parameter list would only show related types. Take a look at this image for an example: http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/3484/vs2008sp1intellisense.png Has any one else had this problem? Solutions? Th...

Intellisense in the code based on custom config sections

In VS.NET 2008 / .NET Framework 3.5, Is there anyway to generate intellisense based on the custom config sections? I've got a config section looks like this: <custom> <key name="NameGoesHere" /> <key name="SecondNameGoesHere" /> </custom> Currently this is tied to a custom config section class so I call it like ...

Is there any IDE that has code-hinting for CakePHP or any code-hinting package that can be installed somehow?

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XCode Intellisense Question

I've always seem to work around this lack of knowledge but I thought I would ask the community. I hope this question will make sense. In XCode, when I call a function that has several parameter the intellisense pops up. When I hit TAB the first time, it takes me directly to the first parameter. How do I get to the next parameter easi...

jQuery UI intellisense?

I have been using (and loving) the jQuery intellisense for Visual Studio 2008 (blogged about by Scott Guthrie here) but has any one ever come across an intellisense script for the UI components of jQuery? Thanks! ...

Where do you put the function documentation so that it shows up on intellisense?

I'm writing a library and I want to put documentation in my functions so that it will show up in intellisense, kind of like how the intellisense for the built in functions shows descriptions for each of the parameters and for the function itself. How do you put the documentation in? Is it through comments in the function or is it in some...

Can you make autocompletion kick in automatically for C++ in VS2008?

I'm using Visual Studio 2008 and I have been wondering why doesn't the autocompletion of Visual Studio kicks in automatically every time I start typing something in C++, unlike C#. It does show me the list member box when I use the "." or "->" operator but not when I start typing randomly. I can make it appear using alt + right arrow bu...

Reference JS file in Other JS File and Intellisense

Hi, I've been learning JQuery and I am writing my custom jquery codes in Custom.js file. Actually what I am trying to do is, activate intellisense for Jquery in visual studio but it's not working and I want intellisense to also work in custom.js file where actually I'm writing my custom logic and codes. I thought it could be solved by ...

How would I retreive the fully qualified name of an identifier in a VS macro?

I'm trying to resolve the fully qualified name of a c# identifier at a certain point (cursor) of a code window, using a Macro (or even an Add-in) in Visual Studio 2008. For example, if the cursor is in "Rectangle", I would like "System.Drawing.Rectangle" returned. I've tried FileCodeModel.CodeElements and .CodeElementFromPoint but they...

vb.net VS2005 IDE hangs on Vista Home Premium

I've bought a new Vista Home Premium Toshiba laptop. Loaded Visual Studio 2005 Pro, then SP1, then the vista patch. Thus my versions are as follows: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Version 8.0.50727.867 (vsvista.050727-8600) Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0.50727 SP2 Open an existing or new solution / projects. Then go to type some c...

Asp.net mvc view engine - to roll my own intellisense

I'm creating a little special purpose view engine for asp.net mvc. That goes well enough. But i've been looking around to find information on how to somehow add intellisense for the C# code embedded in my view. I can see Spark does that, but going through the sources, I still can't see how. And WebForms view engine does it - not surpri...

Sql Server Intellisense?

Do you guys know of any free tool that does a nice job with the intellisense for SQL Server 05? SQLPrompt is just awesome, but they're not into giving their stuff for free :) ...

Multiple CodeSnippet in an XML .snippet file

I'm attempting to supplement the help features for my code by providing other developers with code snippets. These produce skeletons of code which demonstrate how to use/call my classes or methods. I've created a .snippet file and have placed it in the "%Visual Studio Folder%\Code Snippets\Visual Basic\My Snippets" folder. I've used the...

is there a SQL Prompt like plugin for VS 2008

I like to use the SQL Tools in VS but I would like to have some intellisense for SQL, with sql manager I can get the Redgate SQL prompt but I would like to stay in VS, any Ideas? Edit: is there anything other then Redgate SQL prompt? that dose error checking like the way R# or dev express? ...

C#: Adding extension methods to a base class so that they appear in derived classes

I currently have an extension method on System.Windows.Forms.Control like this: public static void ExampleMethod(this Control ctrl){ /* ... */ } However, this method doesn't appear on classes derived from Control, such as PictureBox. Can I make an extension method that appears not only in Control, but for classes derived from Control...