Fed up with Intellisense

[why06]

Now don't get me wrong. I love Intellisense. It helps me code a lot faster when I dont have to remember in my head every method from every damn class. My problem is that in the middle of coding a project, Intellisense will fail on me and so the rest of the project takes a lot longer.

Is there a way to reset it or something?

[Void]

Now don't get me wrong. I love Intellisense. It helps me code a lot faster when I dont have to remember in my head every method from every damn class. My problem is that in the middle of coding a project, Intellisense will fail on me and so the rest of the project takes a lot longer.

Is there a way to reset it or something?

Happens to me all the time, I just deal with it. |:

[Melodia]

When Visual Crapdio fails ; It just fails.

You can delete your project's Intellisense Database to reset it ( Think the type is ".idb" ), Then enjoy, I guess, If there is something to enjoy there.

[JayFabulous]

So I had a poke about in Tools|Option and found that on the Text Editor|All Languages that the three checkboxes for Statement Completion where showing neither empty or checked but a fully coloured box - which usually means an unknown settings. So a set these all to checked (a tick) and my Intellisense started working.

Credits: Richard Fennell

[Kallisti]

And what is this intellesense?

Like it shows class methods when you put the . after the object?

[JayFabulous]

And what is this intellesense?

Like it shows class methods when you put the . after the object?

Yeah. Pretty much all the features that any competent auto completion tool offers. Class->Object, data type completion, Brace deceleration (helpful with classes when you forget ';'), etc

[Void]

Credits: Richard Fennell

This got my hopes up, the boxes are already all ticked and intellisense still sometimes doesn't drop down the list of members in my structures/classes. ):

[JayFabulous]

This got my hopes up, the boxes are already all ticked and intellisense still sometimes doesn't drop down the list of members in my structures/classes. ):

Did you have ReSharper or another third-party Intellisense provider installed in VS2008? If so, when VS2010 imports your VS2008 settings, you will not get Intellisense if you haven't installed the same Intellisense provider in VS2010.

To fix this, go to Tools -> Import and Export settings -> Reset all settings in VS2010
(Do this after you back up your current settings)

Credits: akidan with Microsoft Connect Support

[why06]

Thanks for the advice all. I'll try some of the suggestions. =D

[Kallisti]

To avoid this problem:

Notepad

[-Raz0r-]

For Visual Studio 2008/2010, the intellisense database is stored next to your solution file.
To hard-reset it, close your solution, delete MyProject.ncb (for '08) or MyProject.sdf (for '10)
Open MyProject.sln and let the database build up over time.
I've only noticed quirks with intellisense when you have multiple projects using the same files with condition (#ifdef) compiling.

[why06]

Hey so I figured it out. My Intellisense sometimes goes out when I haven't finished coding a method with brackets before I save and quit. All I do is finish the method then recompile and it will start working again. I'll just have to remember to finish what Im doing before I quit from now on.

[JayFabulous]

Hey so I figured it out. My Intellisense sometimes goes out when I haven't finished coding a method with brackets before I save and quit. All I do is finish the method then recompile and it will start working again. I'll just have to remember to finish what Im doing before I quit from now on.

Have you already submitted it to the buglist? Seems like an unlikely yet fully plausible bug.

[why06]

Have you already submitted it to the buglist? Seems like an unlikely yet fully plausible bug.

I don't report bugs. Not my problem....



Well actly it was my problem...


But I fixed it.

[Gordon`]

get the plugin visual assist x for visual studio. it improves the intellisense ALOT and they never fail.