Issue #75  (Autosuggest / IntelliSense Tips)09/27/23

Here are a couple of little features to note about using auto-suggest inside VS Code.

Firstly, a couple of years ago VS Code added the ability to modify the size of the auto-suggest (i.e. IntelliSense) suggestions list. In other words, you can use handles to drag and resize the box that holds the suggestions.
 
The size of the 'resize' handle is exaggerated in the screenshot above, but that's more or less what you'll see, depending on your operating system. Whatever size you make the box will be saved the next time you trigger IntelliSense. This is also saved when you restart VS Code.

As you might know, you can trigger 'details' for any IntelliSense item. For example, hitting CTRL/CMD-SPACE opens IntelliSense, then hitting it again while highlighting any item will show a 'details' pane next to the list of suggestions. This pane can also be resized, though in this case the size will save for the session but not when you restart VS Code.
 
And finally, you have the option to enable a status bar for the IntelliSense suggestions box. You can turn this on in your settings by means of the editor.suggest.showStatusBar setting.
 
You'll then see a small status bar at the bottom of the suggestions list that includes keyboard shortcut instructions on how to proceed while highlighting any item in the IntelliSense list.

Now on to this week's hand-picked links!
 

VS Code Tools

Kusho — A VS Code extension to generate exhaustive tests for scenarios that can occur in production and executes them within your IDE.

deVStudio — An Android app that runs the Linux desktop edition of VS Code on your mobile device.

WorkingLive: Access Zoom's Greatest Features — Supercharge your virtual meetings and webinars by signing up for a Zoom account with WorkingLive. For only $12.99/month, host unlimited meetings and webinars with up to 500 participants and all the features of a premium Zoom plan.  Sponsor 

TypeScript IntelliSense for Web — A VS Code extension that adds TypeScript IntelliSense support for github.dev.

VS Code Articles

Blocking Visual Studio Code Embedded Reverse Shell Before It's Too Late — This deals with some security concerns around a recent capability added to VS Code.

VS Code vs JetBrains – Revisited (Update Sep 2023) — From one developer who switched from VS Code to JetBrains less than two years ago, so you may find this detailed discussion useful if you want to consider a similar switch.

ChatGPT for Enterprise Databases — Chat with your enterprise databases using secure generative AI and empower business users in your team to do their own data analyses in seconds.   Sponsor 

Modern VS Code Extension Development: The Basics — This lays a conceptual foundation for extension development with a look at extension types, VS Code extension architecture, and some best practices for extension development.

Best of the Rest

Eclipse Theia — An extensible framework to develop full-fledged multi-language Cloud & Desktop IDEs and tools with state-of-the-art web technologies.

VimGPT — An experimental LLM agent/toolkit with direct Vim access using neovim/pynvim.

SnippetBuilder — A drag-and-drop code snippet builder so you can share images of code examples on social media and elsewhere.

Suggestions?

If you have any link suggestions, including a tool, article, or other resources related to VS Code or another IDE, send it via DM on X: @LouisLazaris or just hit reply on this email.

That's it for this issue.

Happy VS Coding!
Louis
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