How to get jQuery intellisense in Visual Studio 2019

Question

I am trying to get jQuery intellisense working in Visual Studio.

I am using the latest jQuery version jquery-3.3.1.js and latest Bootstrap v4.3.1. I have tried every solution on Stack Overflow but nothing has yet worked for me.

I tried to reference jquery-3.3.1.intellisense.js but nothing happened. I also tried installing jQuery typed script and then adding jsconfig.json and referencing the jQuery typed script in it but unfortunately again nothing happened.

To be clear, I expect intellisense to work when I type $.

Subcontract

Javascript intellisense in VS is absolutely dreadful. Admittedly I haven't yet tried VS2019, but given all my previous experience I'd abandon hope of this ever working properly. – Hierarchize

thanks but i hope someone will come up with a solution.@RoryMcCrossan – Subcontract

Answer 1

This is what worked for me:

1. Added a Scripts folder to my solution,

2. Added a file '_references.js',

3. Added my reference statements to jQuery (I should upgrade jQuery, huh) in there:

   ///<reference path="jquery-1.10.2.js" />
   ///<reference path="jquery-1.10.2.intellisense.js" />
   

4. Closed/Re-opened my solution and presto:

Here is some back story: https://www.madskristensen.net/blog/the-story-behind-_referencesjs/

Abdulabdulla

thanks a lot, the article you referenced give me more understanding of the issue. I didn't try the solution because VS2019 solved the problem and now I can use IntelliSense for jquery, but your solution would work perfectly because that what visual studio use for IntelliSense. – Subcontract

why this keeps happening? Sometimes when I install some client libraries my IntelliSense stops working. Is there any log that I can check ? – Dekow

I have this problem occasionally, too. I haven't quite figured it out yet. I usually test IntelliSenese whenever I add some new typings and back stuff out when it does not work. I haven't yet (or looked very hard) for logging that might explain where the conflicts are coming from. – Abdulabdulla

Intellisense works but syntax highlighting is not, jQuery code all plain white( – Gelb

Answer 2

just install this jQuery-vsdoc from nuget and it works in Visual Studio 2022 in Dot Net Core Project

Wimsatt

Doesn't work in VS2022 17.4. No manual at all but seems this plugin just has to add a menu to add _references.js explained above. It doesn't anyway. – Gelb

I got version 2.1.0 and all working good. – Ideologist