Improving Eclipse autocompletion?
Currently the Eclipse autocompletion seems only to be triggered after a dot or on parameters, I want to use it for variables too, e.g. if I have
String test="hello";
then I want the autocompletion to suggest "test" if I start typing "t" in the next line (e.g. if I intent to change the value of the variable test).
Is there any Eclipse plugin capable of doing this? I already checked the Eclipse content assist options, but seems like there no option for what I want? Thanks for any hint!
Answer
First of all, thanks for all the replies. They are correct, however you have to press the key combination each time. Here's how it's done automatically:
That plug-in is not necessary any more. Just go to Preferences > Java > Editor > Content Assist and paste:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.into the "Auto activation triggers for Java:" field.
This simply triggers auto activation after any English alphabet character and after dot. https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=159157#c12 Works fine :-)
Hint: You probably want to additionally set the auto activation delay to 0, at least if you are used to visual studio ;-)