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| <h1>Using JavaScript Content Assist |
| </h1> |
| <p>These procedures describe how to enable and configure JavaScript  <a href="code_assist_concept.htm">Content Assist</a> options.</p> |
| <p class="Note">Note:</p> |
| <p class="NoteText">In order for JavaScript elements from libraries and |
| files outside of the project to be made available for use in the Content |
| Assist list, you must <a href="enabling_javascript_support_in_php_projects.htm">enable |
| JavaScript Support for the project</a> and <a href="setting_the_javascript_build_path.htm">Set |
| the JavaScript Build Path</a>. To access Dojo toolkit content assist options, |
| you must set up Dojo integration |
| in the project while configuring the Build Path.</p> |
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| style="font-weight: bold;"> </p></td> |
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| <td style="width: 7.093%; padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px;"><p |
| style="font-size: 6pt;"><img src="ref_icon.png" alt="Instructions on how to complete a procedure" title="Instructions on how to complete a procedure" style="border: none;" width="28" height="33" border="0"></p></td> |
| <td style="width: 92.907%; padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px;"><p |
| style="font-weight: bold;">To access JavaScript Content Assist |
| options:</p> |
| <ol type="1"> |
| <li class="p" style="margin-left: -20px;"><p>Type the relevant |
| HTML and JavaScript tags:</p></li> |
| </ol> |
| <p class="picture"><img src="javascript_code.png" alt="javascript_code.png" style="border: none;" width="253" height="100" border="0"></p> |
| <ol start="2" type="1"> |
| <li class="p" style="margin-left: -20px;"><p>JavaScript Content |
| Assist options will now be available.</p></li> |
| <li class="p" style="margin-left: -20px;"><p>Type the first |
| few letters of the required element.<br> |
| The Content Assist list will be displayed (if the Content Assist |
| list is not automatically displayed, press Ctrl + Space or |
| go to your <a href="#Content_Assist_Preferences">JavaScript |
| Content Assist preferences page</a> to configure your auto |
| activation preferences).</p></li> |
| <li class="p" style="margin-left: -20px;"><p>Select the relevant |
| option from the Content Assist window by double-clicking or |
| pressing Enter.</p></li> |
| <li class="p" style="margin-left: -20px;"><p><span style="text-align: left;">If |
| you selected a JavaScript class, type a period "." |
| after the name of the class to display a Content Assist window |
| with the classes' relevant functions and methods.</span></p></li> |
| </ol> |
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| <ol start="6" type="1"> |
| <li class="p" style="margin-left: -20px;"><p>Select the required |
| option to complete your JavaScript code.</p></li> |
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| <p> </p> |
| <h3><a name="Content_Assist_Preferences" id="Content_Assist_Preferences"></a>JavaScript |
| Content Assist Configuration</h3> |
| <p>JavaScript Content Assist options can be configured from the JavaScript |
| Content Assist preferences page.</p> |
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| <td style="width: 7.093%; padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px;"><p |
| style="font-size: 6pt;"><img src="ref_icon.png" alt="Instructions on how to complete a procedure" title="Instructions on how to complete a procedure" style="border: none;" width="28" height="33" border="0"></p></td> |
| <td style="width: 92.907%; padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px;"><p |
| style="font-weight: bold;">To configure JavaScript Content |
| Assist options:</p> |
| <ol type="1"> |
| <li class="p" style="margin-left: -20px; font-weight: normal;"><p |
| style="font-weight: normal;">Go to the JavaScript Content |
| Assist preferences page, accessed from <span style="font-weight: bold;"><b>Window |
| | Preferences | Web |  JavaScript | Editor | Content |
| Assist</b></span>.</p></li> |
| </ol> |
| <p class="picture"><img src="javascript_content_assist_preferences.png" alt="javascript_content_assist_preferences.png" style="border: none;" width="360" height="486" border="0"></p> |
| |
| <ol start="2" type="1"> |
| <li class="p" style="margin-left: -20px; font-weight: normal;"><p |
| style="font-weight: normal;">Configure the following options, |
| according to your preferences:</p></li> |
| </ol> |
| <p class="Strong" style="margin-left: 0px;">Insertion</p> |
| <ul type="square"> |
| <li><p>Completion Inserts/Completion Overwrites - Select whether |
| choosing an item from the Content Assist list  will cause |
| new code to be entered or existing code to be overwritten.</p></li> |
| <li><p>Insert single proposals automatically -If enabled, the |
| content assist suggestion will be inserted automatically when |
| only one content assist option exists</p></li> |
| <li><p>Insert common prefixes automatically -  If enabled, |
| Content Assist will automatically insert the common prefix |
| of all possible completions similar to Unix shell expansion. |
| This can be used repeatedly, even while the Content Assist |
| window is being displayed.</p></li> |
| <li><p> Fill argument names on completion - If enabled, |
| Content Assist will add arguments when completing a method.</p></li> |
| <li><p>Guess filled function arguments - If enabled, Content |
| Assist will fill the arguments with the best matching function, |
| according to the context.</p></li> |
| </ul> |
| <p class="Strong" style="margin-left: 0px;">Sorting and Filtering</p> |
| <ul type="square"> |
| <li><p>Sort proposals - Select how the proposals should be |
| sorted in the Content Assist list.</p></li> |
| <li><p>Hide proposals not visible in the invocation context |
| - If enabled, the Java element proposals are limited by the |
| rules of visibility. For example, private field proposals |
| of other classes would not be displayed.</p></li> |
| <li><p>Show camel case matches - If enabled, camel case matches |
| are displayed (e.g. NPE is expanded to NullPointerException).</p></li> |
| <li><p>Hide forbidden references - If enabled, references to |
| JavaScript elements forbidden by access rules are not displayed.</p></li> |
| <li><p>Hide discouraged references - If enabled, references |
| to JavaScript elements discouraged by access rules are not |
| displayed.</p></li> |
| <li><p>Hide deprecated references - If enabled, references |
| to deprecated JavaScript elements are not displayed.</p></li> |
| </ul> |
| <p class="Strong" style="margin-left: 0px;">Auto-activation</p> |
| <ul type="square"> |
| <li><p>Enable auto activation - If enabled, the Content Assist |
| list will automatically be displayed when the first letters |
| of an element are typed.</p></li> |
| </ul> |
| <p class="Note" style="margin-left: 40px;">Note:</p> |
| <p class="NoteText" style="margin-left: 40px;">If this is unmarked, |
| you can display the Content Assist list by pressing Ctrl+Space.</p> |
| <ul type="square"> |
| <ul type="disc"> |
| <li>Auto activation delay - Determines the delay before |
| the Content Assist box is automatically displayed.</li> |
| <li>Auto-activation triggers for JavaScript -  Sets |
| the characters that determine JavaScript context.</li> |
| <li>Auto-activation triggers for JSDoc: Sets the characters |
| that determine JSDoc context.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </ul> |
| <ol start="3" type="1"> |
| <li class="p" style="margin-left: -20px;"><p>Click Apply to |
| apply your settings.</p></li> |
| </ol></td> |
| </tr> |
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| <p><a href="javascript.htm">JavaScript Support</a></p> |
| <p><a href="using_javascript.htm">Developing with JavaScript</a></p> |
| <p><a href="code_assist_concept.htm">Content Assist</a></p> |
| <p><a href="working_with_code_assist.htm">Working with Content |
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| <p><a href="using_code_assist.htm">Using Content Assist</a><a href="enabling_javascript_support_in_php_projects.htm"><br> |
| Enabling JavaScript Support in PHP Projects</a></p> |
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