Content Assist Preferences

To configure Content Assist preferences:

1. Mark the required checkboxes to configure the following options:

Options

• Completion Inserts / Completion Overwrites - Select whether selecting an item from the Content Assist list  will cause new code to be entered or existing code to be overwritten.

• Insert single proposals automatically - When only one content assist suggestion exists, the content assist suggestion will be inserted automatically.

• Show variables from other files - Shows variables which are in other files in the project.

Filters

• Respect case sensitivity – Define statements are used to create global constants. One can ”r;define(’r;MY_CONST’, 5)”, and then use ”r;MY_CONST” all over the application, this property is used to determine if ”r;my_const” will also be suggested as usage of that constant.

• Show strict options – PHP alerts users if they access static methods and fields from within an instance.  Users can enable/disable this in the php.ini file for their php copy and hence can disable the content assist for these cases.

• Group completion options - Groups options according to element type.

• Show constants - Displays constants in the content assist list.

• Case sensitive for constants - Constants will be case sensitive.

• Show class names - Displays class names in the content assist list.

• Show non-strict options - Display options which go against PHP strict practice in the content assist list.

Auto-activation

• Enable auto activation - The content assist list will automatically be displayed.

Note:

If this is unmarked, you can still display the content assist list by pressing Ctrl+Space.

• Auto activation delay: Determines the delay before the Content Assist box is automatically displayed (in msecs).

2. Click Apply to apply your settings.