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Questions tagged [autocomplete]

About using and customizing the front-end's auto-completion feature

The Mathematica includes an auto-completion feature, which can be activated using F2 or Ctrl-K. In Mathematica , it was significantly enhanced to be context-sensitive.

This tag is for questions on how to use or troubleshoot autocomplete, or how to enhance or customize it.

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How to add symbols to autocompletion list

There are some built-in Mathematica symbols that I use quite frequently but are not included in the autocompletion list in the front end. Examples are Analytic and PolynomialForm. (As @march points out, PolynomialForm is present in version 9, but…
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Function parameters hint for user defined functions?

f1[a_, b_, c_] := Module[{}, Print[a]; ] Completion Ctrl-Shift-K doesn't have hint for function arguments. So I have to copy function arguments nearby: (%a_, b_, c_%) f1[] Is there is a better way to do this? Maybe I am missing…
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Autocomplete ordering

I'm using 12.0.0 for Microsoft Windows (64-bit), and the autocomplete feature is a bit of a mess. In previous versions I used to be able to type Ta and hit the tab key, and this was autocompleted into Table, an extremely useful tool. But now the…
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Autocomplete and Information icon missing

Mathematica Version 11.2 desktop / Windows 10 Pro 64-bit Autocomplete and Information icon no longer appear. Practicalities of Using the Wolfram Language Is there some setting someplace where I might have mistakenly disabled it. Thanks in advance.
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Autocomplete from inside Module and SetDelayed

Autocomplete in Mathematica 9 offers suggestions from inside SetDelayed and Module. For example, after running: func[thing1_, thing2_] := thing1 + thing2; Module[{thing3}, thing3 = 10; thing3 + 4 ] autocomplete will offer thing1, thing2, and…
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Function input assistance not working in Mathematica 8?

I'm sorry if this not allowed here. On one computer (maybe with a newer version of Mathematica?) the autocomplete/input assistance for functions works perfectly: when I start typing one like ComplexExpand[], it displays a list of functions that…
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Why auto-completion menu selection gives error?

Is this supposed to happen? I used the auto-completion menu and selected a valid value it shows (first one from the menu), then Mathematica complained that the choice selected is not valid ! ClearAll[x]; Solve[Tan[x] == 1, x, MaxExtraConditions ->…
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How to use alphabetical autocomplete?

Mathematica maintains a file with the history of commands input by the user (under $UserBaseDirectory/.Mathematica/SystemFiles/FrontEnd/SystemResources/FunctionalFrequency/), so as to provide better suggestions in autocomplete. However I personally…
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