Make Eclipse intellisense/auto-suggest automatic for locally scoped and member variables/methods

Question

Is there any way to make the auto-suggest drop down list appear for locally scoped variables and local member variables/methods without having to push ctrl+space? Like Visual Studio does? It appears automatically for members of objects after getting as far as typing 'object.'

I'm finding myself typing a couple of letters and hitting ctrl+space straight away when it would be far more efficient for me if I could see the list to know if typing more letters, or tapping the down key was going to be quickest...

I can't find this option in the settings so was wondering if there's some other way of achieving what I'm after.

Thanks, Sam.

Solution 1

You can put whatever characters you want in the activation trigger box (default is just a single "."):

Solution 2

Go to Window -> Preference -> Java -> Editor -> Content assist

"Auto activation -> auto activation for trigger for Java:" then mentioned the character on which you want to get pop up. then ok.

Solution 3

Never knew about Ctrl-O. Do you mean Ctrl-Space? Try it. I think this is the closest to Intellisense Eclipse has to offer and the most useful shortcut there is.

Comments

[Garcon]

I did in fact mean ctrl+space, no idea why I said ctrl+o.

[musiKk]

If you really meant Ctrl-Space, you should edit your question. And then ignore my answer.