@codemirror/autocomplete

What is @codemirror/autocomplete?

The @codemirror/autocomplete package is a module for the CodeMirror code editor that provides autocompletion functionality. It can be used to suggest, complete, or hint at possible code snippets, variables, or other elements to users as they type, enhancing the coding experience by making it faster and reducing errors.

What are @codemirror/autocomplete's main functionalities?

Autocompletion

Enables autocompletion in the CodeMirror editor. As the user types, suggestions are displayed in a dropdown, allowing for quick insertion of code snippets.

import { autocompletion } from '@codemirror/autocomplete';

// To enable autocompletion in a CodeMirror editor
new EditorView({
  extensions: [autocompletion()],
  parent: document.body
});

Customizable Completion Source

Allows developers to provide a custom source for completions, enabling the suggestion of context-specific code snippets or keywords.

import { autocompletion, CompletionSource } from '@codemirror/autocomplete';

const myCompletionSource: CompletionSource = (context) => {
  // Custom logic to provide completions
  return [{ label: 'mySnippet', type: 'keyword' }];
};

// To use the custom completion source
new EditorView({
  extensions: [autocompletion({ override: [myCompletionSource] })],
  parent: document.body
});

Asynchronous Completion

Supports asynchronous computation of completions, allowing for the integration of dynamic data sources or external APIs for suggestions.

import { autocompletion, CompletionResult } from '@codemirror/autocomplete';

const asyncCompletionSource = async (context): Promise<CompletionResult> => {
  // Fetch or compute completions asynchronously
  return { from: context.pos, options: [{ label: 'asyncSnippet', type: 'function' }] };
};

// To use asynchronous completions
new EditorView({
  extensions: [autocompletion({ override: [asyncCompletionSource] })],
  parent: document.body
});

Other packages similar to @codemirror/autocomplete

monaco-editor

The Monaco Editor is the code editor that powers VS Code, which comes with built-in autocompletion features. It is a full-featured editor with a rich API for customization, including autocompletion, but it is a standalone editor rather than a plugin.

jquery-textcomplete

A jQuery plugin for autocompletion. Unlike @codemirror/autocomplete, which is designed for code editors, jquery-textcomplete is more general-purpose and can be used for any text input field.

README

@codemirror/autocomplete

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This package implements autocompletion for the CodeMirror code editor.

The project page has more information, a number of examples and the documentation.

This code is released under an MIT license.

We aim to be an inclusive, welcoming community. To make that explicit, we have a code of conduct that applies to communication around the project.

Changelog

6.18.4 (2024-12-17)

Bug fixes

Align the behavior of snippet completions with text completions in that they overwrite the selected text.