Autocompletion

The text panes in the Mechanical Scripting Editor, Snippet Editor, and Shell all provide autocompletion.

Autocomplete Tooltips

When you place the mouse cursor over any property or method in the list of suggestions provided, the tooltip displays information about this item. The following image shows the tooltip for the property Models.

Tooltips use color-coding to indicate the syntax:

Color	Syntax
Green	Accessibility
Purple	Type
Orange	Warning
Blue	Argument

Autocompleting Properties

General formatting for autocompleted properties follow:

get/set mode: ReturnType PropertyName
Description of the property
Returns: Description of what is returned (if any)
Remarks: Additional information (if any)
Example: Sample entry (if any)

Autocompleting Methods

General formatting for autocompleted methods follow:

ReturnType MethodName (Argument Type Argument Name)
Argument Name: Description of the argument
Returns: Description of what is returned (if any)
Remarks: Additional information (if any)
Example: Sample entry (if any)

Additional Autocomplete Information

Tootltips can also provide:

.NET properties where applicable
Warning messages when special attention is needed
Prototype information for methods when cursor is inside brackets and indexers when cursor is inside square brackets
Overloaded methods, including the following details:
- Number of overloaded methods
- Prototypes for overloaded methods (accessed by pressing the arrows in the prototype tooltip)
- Members for overloaded methods
  The tooltip for an overloaded method is a list of all members from all overloaded methods.

Examples of Autocomplete Tooltips

The following images show two different tooltip examples for the method Equals in two different stages of using autocompletion:

Keyboard Shortcuts for Autocomplete

The autocompletion tooltip provides these keyboard shortcuts:

Enter: Inserts the suggestion.
Esc: Closes autocompletion tooltip.
Ctl + Space: Forces autocompletion to reopen.