Not getting auto-complete for JavaScript in new VsCode version

Question

I used to get auto-complete and intellisence hints earlier but now I don't get auto-complete, nor do I get squiggly red line for errors. What do I do? Please help. I already spent 2 hours searching on google but can't find answer.

Others are getting proper suggestions like above. I ain't getting that. Below is my VsCode editor.

Maressa

can you post your settings.json file? – Drescher

You're gonna need to post a bit more about your configurations – Sonya

I just now cleared my settings.json file because I wanted to reset to default. Therefore that settings file is empty now. { } – Maressa

you should install JS helper Extensions in your VS Code. for example: "IntelliCode" and etc. also check your file extension be .js. – Caxton

Thanks for the replies. I had some problem in TypeScript settings where maybe by mistake I had unchecked autocomplete support i guess. I had fixed the issue now. – Maressa

Please provide enough code so others can better understand or reproduce the problem. – Ronaronal

Answer 1

After surfing a lot in settings of VsCode, I finally figured out two things that might be causing this problem. Solved both of them and now the auto-complete is working fine for my nodeJs files in VsCode.

1. Install ESLint and JavaScript (ES6) code snippets extensions for providing intellisense for js code.

2. Enable auto-complete if you disabled it by mistake. This should fix the problem. settings > search javascript/typescript > search auto-complete in the extension settings and turn it on.

Maressa

am using codeium and its not working in .ts but working in .tsx why! although it shows the hints but when pressing tab it just do the tab without insertint the code – Disgust

Answer 2

if you have script as below get rid of the type. then it will work

<script type="text/Javascript">
doucument.write("test");
</script>

get rid of the "text/Javascript" part enjoy

Gesellschaft

Answer 3

You need to install types/node in order to get the autocomplete. https://www.npmjs.com/package/@types/node

Misguidance

Answer 4

I was getting partial autocompletion. The issue for me was that I accidentally added this to my settings.json:

"editor.suggest.showConstants": false

Removing it solved the issue.

Brechtel