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x4k3p
x4k3p

Reputation: 1779

How to enable code assist for the DOM for JavaScript projects in Eclipse

How can I simply get in this little popup (code completion) all possible methods/functions given when I type window.(blablabla). Because if I type window. there is no "event" method for example.

In NuSphere there are all methods been listed.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 925

Answers (1)

marekful
marekful

Reputation: 15351

Please differentiate between JavaScript and DOM code assist. There are many questions/answers here about this but it's ambiguous which of these two they refer to. None, I've seen, particularly claims to have found a solution for DOM and most mentions Aptana as standalone IDE or Eclipse plugin for solution.

For reasons outside the scope of this question I use Eclipse Indigo (3.7.2) and got this working w/o Aptana. This solution probably depends on the JavaScript Development Tools plugin.

First in the Navigator pane right click the project and hover the Configure option. Select Convert to JavaScript project or Add JavaScript Support.

Open project properties and a JavaScript item should appear in the left hand side list of configuration options. Expand and select Include Path. In the Libraries tab on the right you will see ECMA Script and ECMA 3 Browser Support. Switch to the Global Supertype tab and tick the ECAM 3 Browser Support checkbox. Restart Eclipse.

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However in my case this last option didn't seem to work (when selected 'window' as global supertype, below the list got 'Window() null') and window. didn't bring results but document. and all other JS globals did. (So I could say for e.g. var w = document.defaultVeiw; and w. did bring up desired list.)

Upvotes: 2

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