Eclipse autocomplete not working

java eclipse autocomplete content-assist
smttsp picture smttsp · Feb 13, 2014 · Viewed 76.6k times · Source

The autocomplete of eclipse is not working now and I searched for hours but I couldn't find an answer to solve it. I haven't used it for long time then the first thing after opening it was to install SWT and windows builder even though I had swing installed. What I mean is, it is may possibly be because of some conflict caused by swt and swing(I read something about a conflict but I don't if this is possible).

Strange thing is it doesn't show anything when I press ctrl+space but when I go Edit-> Content Assist -> Default(it says Ctrl+Space nearby it), it shows things needed to be shown/works as desired. 

public class Dsada {
    String sssss;
    public Dsada(){
        sss //pressing ctrl+space is not working,Edit->ContentAssist->Default works fine
    }
}

The solution is not to tick/untick some stuff under Windows->Preferences->...->Content Assist-> Advanced. I checked if "ctrl+space" is hijacked by some other thing which is not and checked keyboard language which is English(Those are suggested in mkyong).

I read something about a bug but I couldn't understand. I tried to delete eclipse and re-install again but I guess some settings just stayed in the machine so that it didn't work.

Thanks in advance,

Answer

Pete Kelley picture Pete Kelley · Jul 5, 2019

This is recurring for me. I'm using Eclipse 2019-03 in Windows 10. The steps below work for my case, and does not require a restart.

Window->Preferences->Java->Editor->Content Assist->Advanced

The following options are de-selected, and when I set them the autocomplete worked as before. No restart needed.

  1. Java Non-Type Proposals
  2. Java Proposals
  3. Java Type Proposals
  4. Java Proposals (Task-focused)

I don't know what's triggering this but it only happens after I've created a new project. Usually doesn't. It simply doesn't happen often enough for me to notice a pattern to follow up on more. Clearly this problem occurs with a variety of causes, so review the other answers to see if they match your case.

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