To use content assist,
The EGL content assist is a tool that you can use to complete programming
statements without having to type the entire statement. It provides
a way to quickly insert an EGL keyword, function, variable, property,
or code template.
When you initiate the content assist, it presents all of the available
keywords that are legal at that position. You can control the amount
of information that is displayed when you initiate the content assist.
You can filter the displayed information by entering the beginning
characters of the function that you want to insert and then initiate
the content assist. For example, if you are looking for program,
type pr and press Ctrl+Space. The displayed list
will contain those commands, templates, and code statements that begin
with pr. You can narrow the list more by increasing
the number of characters that you type for the search argument (for
example, type progr).
To use the content assist, do the following steps:
- Within an EGL source file, press Ctrl + Space. The content assist
displays a list of EGL keywords and code templates legal at your current
position.
To reduce the number of items in the list, type at least
one character of the keyword or template you are searching for before
or after activating the content assist.
- Select the desired code from the list by doing one of the following:
- Use the arrow keys to select an option and press Enter.
- Click on an option in the list.
- The code is inserted into the current location of the cursor.
You can then modify the inserted code.
- If you inserted a code template with variables rather than a single
keyword, those variables are highlighted in the inserted code temporarily.
Press the Tab key to move to a highlighted variable.
The content assist is context-sensitive. For example, if you are
in a set-value block for a program, the content assist offers only
properties that are valid for programs. You can use the content assist
to add additional properties as follows:
- Type a comma (,) after the last property-value
pair.
- Position the cursor after the comma and press Ctrl+Space to initiate
the content assist. The resulting list shows properties that are both
valid for the program and not yet included in the program.
- Select the desired code as described above.