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 <h1 class="topictitle1">Using XML content assist</h1>


 <div><p>You can use content assist to help you finish a tag or line of
 code in the Source view of the XML editor. You can also use content assist
 to insert templates into your XML code.</p>

 <div class="section"><p>The placement of the cursor in your source file provides the context
 for the content assist to offer suggestions for completion.</p>
 <p>You can
 launch content assist in either of the following ways:</p>
 <ul>
 <li>From the <span class="uicontrol">Edit</span> menu, click <span class="uicontrol">Content Assist</span>,
 or</li>

 <li>Press Ctrl+Space</li>

 </ul>
 <p>In addition, you can set up an option that causes content assist to
 pop up automatically when certain characters are typed. To set up this option,
 click <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">Window</span> &gt; <span class="uicontrol"> Preferences</span>
 </span> to open the Preferences window, then click <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">Web
 and XML</span> &gt; <span class="uicontrol">XML Files </span> &gt; <span class="uicontrol">XML Source</span>
 </span> . In the <span class="uicontrol">Content assist</span> group box, select
 the <span class="uicontrol">Automatically make suggestions</span> check box, and supply
 any additional characters that should trigger content assist.</p>
 <p>If your
 cursor is in a position where content assist is available, a pop-up list of
 available choices is displayed when you launch content assist. The list is
 based on the context and whether a DTD or XML schema is associated with the
 XML file being edited. For example, if you have an Address element that can
 contain any of the following children elements: Name, Street, City, Zip Code,
 Country, and Province, and you place your cursor after any of them and launch
 content assist, all of the child elements will be listed in the content assist
 list.</p>
 <p>The content assist list displays all valid tags for the current
 cursor position, including templates. If your grammar constraints are turned
 off, all available tags, not just valid ones are displayed. </p>
 <p> </p>
 <p>As
 you type the first one or two letters of the tag that you want, the list automatically
 refreshes with alphabetized choices that match your input.</p>
 <p><strong>Note</strong>:
 The list only refreshes as described if you first type <kbd class="userinput">&lt;</kbd> before
 prompting for content assist.</p>
 <p>Scroll down and select the tag that you
 want to use by double-clicking on it. </p>
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 <div><a href="../topics/txedtsrc.html" title="You can use the Source view to view and work with a file's source code directly.">Editing in the Source view</a></div>
 <div><a href="../topics/twmacro.html" title="XML content assist provides a comment template, a chunk of predefined code that you can insert into a file. You may find a template useful when you have a certain piece of code you want to reuse several times, and you do not want to write it out every time.">Working with XML templates</a></div>
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	<h1 class="topictitle1">Using XML content assist</h1>




	<div><p>You can use content assist to help you finish a tag or line of
	code in the Source view of the XML editor. You can also use content assist
	to insert templates into your XML code.</p>

	<div class="section"><p>The placement of the cursor in your source file provides the context
	for the content assist to offer suggestions for completion.</p>
	<p>You can
	launch content assist in either of the following ways:</p>
	<ul>
	<li>From the <span class="uicontrol">Edit</span> menu, click <span class="uicontrol">Content Assist</span>,
	or</li>

	<li>Press Ctrl+Space</li>

	</ul>
	<p>In addition, you can set up an option that causes content assist to
	pop up automatically when certain characters are typed. To set up this option,
	click <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">Window</span> > <span class="uicontrol"> Preferences</span>
	</span> to open the Preferences window, then click <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">Web
	and XML</span> > <span class="uicontrol">XML Files </span> > <span class="uicontrol">XML Source</span>
	</span> . In the <span class="uicontrol">Content assist</span> group box, select
	the <span class="uicontrol">Automatically make suggestions</span> check box, and supply
	any additional characters that should trigger content assist.</p>
	<p>If your
	cursor is in a position where content assist is available, a pop-up list of
	available choices is displayed when you launch content assist. The list is
	based on the context and whether a DTD or XML schema is associated with the
	XML file being edited. For example, if you have an Address element that can
	contain any of the following children elements: Name, Street, City, Zip Code,
	Country, and Province, and you place your cursor after any of them and launch
	content assist, all of the child elements will be listed in the content assist
	list.</p>
	<p>The content assist list displays all valid tags for the current
	cursor position, including templates. If your grammar constraints are turned
	off, all available tags, not just valid ones are displayed. </p>
	<p> </p>
	<p>As
	you type the first one or two letters of the tag that you want, the list automatically
	refreshes with alphabetized choices that match your input.</p>
	<p><strong>Note</strong>:
	The list only refreshes as described if you first type <kbd class="userinput"><</kbd> before
	prompting for content assist.</p>
	<p>Scroll down and select the tag that you
	want to use by double-clicking on it. </p>
	</div>

	</div>

	<div><div class="reltasks"><strong>Related tasks</strong><br />
	<div><a href="../topics/txedtsrc.html" title="You can use the Source view to view and work with a file's source code directly.">Editing in the Source view</a></div>
	<div><a href="../topics/twmacro.html" title="XML content assist provides a comment template, a chunk of predefined code that you can insert into a file. You may find a template useful when you have a certain piece of code you want to reuse several times, and you do not want to write it out every time.">Working with XML templates</a></div>
	<div><a href="../topics/tsugstrat.html" title="You can customize the formatting of the suggestions given by content assist by choosing a suggestion strategy preference. When the suggestion strategy is set to "Strict", suggestions that are 'strictly' grammatically valid will be displayed first in the list of options and highlighted by bold icons. Other suggestions that are applicable to this element's scope but are not grammatically valid, will be displayed lower in the list with de-emphasized icons. When the suggestion strategy is set to "Lax", all suggestions will displayed in the list with de-emphasized icons.">Setting the XML source suggestion strategy used by content assist</a></div>
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