You can use the EGL
content assist to complete programming
statements without typing the entire statement. You can quickly insert
an EGL keyword, function, variable, property, or code template.
When you initiate the content assist, it displays all of
the available
keywords that are available at that position, which might be a long
list. However, you can control the amount of information that is displayed
when you initiate the content assist. To filter the displayed information,
enter 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 by increasing the number of characters that
you type for the search argument (for example, type progr).
To use the content assist:
- Within an EGL source file, press
Ctrl+Space. The content assist
displays a list of EGL keywords and code templates that are available
at your current position.
To reduce the number of items in the
list, before or after you activate the content assist, type at least
one character of the keyword or template that you are searching for.
- Select the code from the list by doing one of the following:
- Use
the arrow keys to select an option and press Enter.
- Select
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.
To move a highlighted variable, press the Tab key.
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:
- After the last property-value
pair, type a comma (,).
- 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 code as described above.