What is the general term IDE popup that shows you members when you add a period after the name?
I'm writing an academic paper and I need to refer to a function that exists in most IDEs for OO languages, where you type in the name of an object in the source code, add a period, and something comes up and lets you select items.
I'm looking for a generic (not IDE-specific term, although I'm also interested in knowing them) and it refers specifically to this functionality and the popup, not all support features (like "Content Help" or something like this is). This term should be distinguished from the list of members or shared views in most IDEs.
My article talks about Eclipse and Java, but I'm wondering if there is a generally accepted term.
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intellisense is the accepted name of microsoft for what you are looking for :)
Autocomplete is a term used in other non-Microsoft programs.
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Intellisense is what Microsoft calls it and it seems to be the general case. "Autocomplete" works great.
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Autocomplete is a more general term. I would avoid vendor specific jargons.
(Also, in the unlikely event a reader who doesn't know the term is more likely to figure out what "autocomplete" means from context. "Intellisense" is like "Tide" or "Pledge", you never know what it is on behalf of.; -)
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I don't think AutoComplete quite captures it. See this discussion by Joel on Software:
http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?joel.3.457350.17
I think that "content help" or something similar will be acceptable in academic work. As another poster on this forum pointed out, I find that Intellisense is becoming very similar to Kleenex, or perhaps "google" (verb form).
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