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MonoDevelop vs Visual Studio AutoCompletion

Discussion in 'Editor & General Support' started by col000r, Nov 22, 2016.

  1. col000r

    col000r

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    I have 2 functions called GetClosestLocation and GetClosestPosition.

    In MonoDevelop it's enough to type "gcl" or "gcp" to get Autocompletion to suggest the correct option.
    But in Visual Studio that doesn't work, there I need to type at least "GetClosestL" or "GetClosestP" for it to jump to the correct suggestion without having to use the arrow keys.

    It's all about speed. So is there a way to smarten up VS so it can do this too?
     
  2. Baste

    Baste

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    You can get Resharper, but that's not free. It does provide much better... everything than what comes by default in Visual Studio. It fixes this, and a ton other things (like really good refactoring tools and a proper divide between go to member and go to type).

    If that's not an option, I think default VS is very particular about capitalization for auto-complete. I just turned off Resharper, and it seems like "GeC" and "GCL" will give you the autocomplete-suggestion you're looking for. Missing any of the capital letters makes VS give up.
     
  3. col000r

    col000r

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    Thanks for the tip! Yes, the big difference is that capitalization matters in VS!