Word Completion
Keyboard: CTRL + SPACE; ALT + RIGHT ARROW
Menu: Edit –> IntelliSense –> Complete Word
Command: Edit.CompleteWord
Versions: 2008,2010
Published: 5/31/2010
Code: vstipEdit0065
So this one is very popular and one of the core skills to use in Visual Studio. Let’s say you are typing and you have this:
You can press CTRL + SPACE or ALT + RIGHT ARROW to complete the word like this:
This only works if there are no other possible matches that could happen. If, for example, you had something like this:
And pressed CTRL + SPACE or ALT + RIGHT ARROW to complete the word then you would just get Statement Completion:
Comments
Anonymous
February 01, 2012
I have a problem I use MS Visual C++ 2010 and Word Completion List doesn't appear. Do you know some solution ?Anonymous
February 01, 2012
Unfortunately IntelliSense features like this were removed in VS2010 but the good news is they are back in the next version of Visual Studio. Z