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| <h1>Remote Content Assist</h1> |
| <p>Use Content Assist to insert C/C++ elements of your project, and templates into your code. You can insert a template into your source code rather than retyping |
| commonly-used snippets of code.</p> |
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| <p>Content Assist uses the index to generate content proposals. To create an index for the project, right click on the project in the Project |
| Explorer. Select <b>Index > Rebuild.</b></p> |
| <img src="../../images/rebuild_index.png" alt="Rebuild action in project's context menu"> |
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| <p>To insert a template or element:</p> |
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| <li>In the <b>Remote C/C++ editor</b>, type at least the first letter of a template or |
| element then <b>Ctrl+Space</b>.<br> |
| A list displays the elements, followed by keywords and templates |
| <img border="0" src="../../images/template_obj.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="templates icon"> that start with the letter combination you typed.</li><br> |
| <img src="../../images/content_assist_task_01.png" alt="Editor View showing Content Assist Example"> |
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| <li>Do one of the following: |
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| <li>Continue typing. The list shortens. When there is only one item in the |
| list, it is automatically inserted.</li> |
| <li>Double-click an item in the list to insert it into your code. </li> |
| <li>Press <b>Esc</b> to close the Content Assist Window.</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <li><b>Content Assist</b> is also activated by other triggers. For example, select <b>element</b> from the list of |
| proposals in Step 1 and type <b>.</b> immediately after. Content Assist displays a list of the members of <b>element</b>.<br> |
| <img src="../../images/content_assist_task_02.png" alt="Editor View showing Content Assist Example"> |
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| <p>To set Content Assist preferences:</p> |
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| <li>Click <b>Window > Preferences</b>.</li> |
| <li>Expand <b>C/C++</b>, and click <b>C/C++ Editor</b>.</li> |
| <li>Click the <b>Content Assist</b> tab.<br> |
| <img src="../../images/content_assist_task_03.png" alt="Content Assist Preferences"></li> |
| <li>Do the following: |
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| <li>To insert an element when you open Content Assist and it is the only |
| item in the list, select the <b>Insert single proposals automatically</b> check box.</li> |
| <li>To automatically insert the common prefix of all possible completions similar to Unix shell expansion, |
| select the <b>Insert common prefixes automatically</b> check box. This can be used repeatedly, even while the code assist window is being displayed.</li> |
| <li>To display proposals in alphabetical order, rather than by relevance, select the <b>Present proposals in alphabetical order</b> checkbox. </li> |
| <li>To change the amount of time Content Assist is permitted to parse proposals enter the value for <b>Content Assist parsing timeout</b> in the text box area.</li> |
| <li>Enable Auto activation of content assist for ".", "->" or "::" triggers by selecting the appropriate checkboxes.</li> |
| <li>To change the delay before Content Assist is automatically invoked for the triggers (shown above), enter the new delay in the <b>Auto activation delay</b> text box area.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| <li>Click <b>OK</b>.</li> |
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| <p>For more information on using Content Assist in the editor, see <b>C/C++ Development User Guide |
| > Tasks > Working with Content Assist > Using Content Assist</b>.</p> |
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