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IntelliSense is Microsoft's implementation of automatic [code-completion], best known for its use in the Microsoft Visual Studio integrated development environment.

IntelliSense is Microsoft's implementation of autocompletion, best known for its use in the Microsoft Visual Studio integrated development environment. In addition to completing the symbol names the programmer is typing, IntelliSense serves as documentation and disambiguation for variable names, functions and methods using reflection.

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Unity Scripts edited in Visual studio don't provide autocomplete

When I want to edit C# Unity scripts, they open in Visual Studio. It is supposed to provide auto complete for all Unity related code, but it doesn't work. Here you can see the missing functionality: As seen, the transform object does not open the…
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Visual Studio displaying errors even if projects build

I have a problem with Visual Studio on a C# solution. It displays totally random errors, but the projects build. Right now, I have 33 files with errors, and I can see red squiggly lines in all of them. I tried cleaning / rebuilding the solution,…
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Intellisense and code suggestion not working in Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate RC

I have just downloaded and installed Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate RC, but I'm having an issue with the intellisense: it does not work until I press Ctrl+Space. Code suggestions are disabled also (method parameters for example). I think the problem…
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Visual Studio 2010 - C++ project - remove *.sdf file

I would like to know if I can safely delete the sdf file that stores information for Visual Studios Intellisense - is it going to be rebuilt the next time that I open the solution? Do I lose anything by doing so? Is it possible to break the solution…
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Why is SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Intellisense not working?

I'm being driven to insanity trying to figure out why Intellisense just fails to work at all. The server I'm using is local and is 2008, the database is set to 2008 compatibility, Intellisense is on in every menu I can find, and yet no member list…
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Visual Studio Code Intellisense is very slow - Is there anything I can do?

Edit: Pylance seems to be much better at this and has so far resolved all problems with the previous Python language server from Microsoft. I'm using VS Code and it's wonderful is all areas but code completion, where it is usually just too slow to…
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How to show method parameter tooltip in C#?

VS2010: In VB I can place the cursor inside an existing method's parameter brackets and type a 'space', which will bring up the tooltip with description of the parameter I'm at. This is not the case in C#. I have to delete the whole brackets…
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Why does intellisense and code suggestion stop working when Visual Studio is open?

I have been having issues with Intellisense in Microsoft Visual Studio 2012. I will be working in a project, editing code and whatnot (after a period of time, anywhere from 5 minutes to over an hour) and all of a sudden, no more code suggestions or…
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Visual Studio Code shortcut to display autocomplete list before typing

I am trying to display all possible words after putting the cursor in certain place in the code. The autocomplete (suggestions) list appears when I start writing/typing: However, I would like to see all suggested words even before typing. I tried…
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How to document thrown exceptions in c#/.net

I am currently writing a small framework that will be used internally by other developers within the company. I want to provide good Intellisense information, but I am not sure how to document thrown exceptions. In the following example: public void…
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VB.NET IntelliSense : Disable newline on ENTER autocomplete

When editing C# code in Visual Studio 2010, the ENTER key makes IntelliSense complete the current suggestion, without adding a new line. In VB.NET, the default IntelliSense behavior for the ENTER key is to add a new line after completing the current…
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Visual Studio 2010 IntelliSense doesn't select a default value - it just marks it

I have a pretty annoying problem with the IntelliSense in Visual Studio 2010: Every now and then (but not always - just out of my control) the Intellisense engine chooses to "mark" an option, instead of actually selecting it. This means that instead…
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Visual Studio 2015 Broken Razor Intellisense

After installing and then repairing my VS2015 instance I still cannot get intellisense (server side) to work in my MVC views. I get alerted by message prompt as soon as I open for the first time in a session an .cshtml file and get addressed to the…
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Visual Studio 2015 or 2017 shows IntelliSense errors but solution compiles

We are currently evaluating the new Visual Studio 2015 and encountered a strange problem with IntelliSense. When I compiled our main solution with the new studio the build succeeds, but nevertheless 6 errors are shown. I discovered that it's not a…
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Visual Studio 2012 - Intellisense sometimes disappearing / broken

My colleagues and I are using VS2012 for some weeks now. Sometimes after working several hours the intellisense is broken. After closing all open tabs it works again. Are there more people out there having the same problem? It can't be an extension…
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