Word Completion

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Word Completion

zainnab

31 May 2010 1:00 AM

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Keyboard: CTRL + SPACE; ALT + RIGHT ARROW
Menu: Edit –> IntelliSense –> Complete Word
Command: Edit.CompleteWord
Versions: 2008,2010
Published: 5/31/2010
Code: vstipEdit0065

So this one is very popular and one of the core skills to use in Visual Studio. Let’s say you are typing and you have this:

You can press CTRL + SPACE or ALT + RIGHT ARROW to complete the word like this:

This only works if there are no other possible matches that could happen. If, for example, you had something like this:

And pressed CTRL + SPACE or ALT + RIGHT ARROW to complete the word then you would just get Statement Completion:

visual studio 2008, Tips and Tricks, visual studio 2010, IntelliSense, Visual Studio Tips and Tricks, word completion

Comments

Suche

2 Feb 2012 6:09 AM

I have a problem I use MS Visual C++ 2010 and Word Completion List doesn't appear.

Do you know some solution ?
zainnab

2 Feb 2012 6:33 AM

Unfortunately IntelliSense features like this were removed in VS2010 but the good news is they are back in the next version of Visual Studio.

Z

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