Safe X3 Editor Code Assistance Preferences

Indicate your preferences for the Code Assistance settings on the Opens the Code Assistance preference page Safe X3 Studio > Editor > Code Assistance preference page.

Option

Description

Default

Completion inserts/Completion overwrites

If Completion inserts is on, the completion text is inserted at the caret position, so it never overwrites any existing text.
If Completion overwrites is on, the completion text replaces the characters following the caret position until the end of the word.

Note that pressing Ctrl when applying a completion proposal toggles between the two insertion modes.

Completion inserts

Insert single proposals automatically

If enabled, code assist will choose and insert automatically single proposals.

On

Insert object class prefix automatically

If enabled, code assist will choose and insert automatically object class prefix. For example, [L] is inserted for local variables.

On

Enable auto activation

If enabled, code assist can be invoked automatically.

The condition for automatic invocation is specified with the preferences Auto activation delay, Auto activation triggers for Java and Auto activation triggers for Javadoc.

On

Auto activation delay

If the time starting when an auto activation trigger character is encountered until a new character is typed exceeds the auto activation delay, code assist is invoked.

200
Hide X3 keywords

If enabled, X3 keywords proposals are not displayed.

Off

Hide alternative proposals (containing th prefix)

If enabled, proposals that not begin with the prefix (characters before caret when completion is activated) are not displayed.

Off