# \#autocomplete

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/tag/autocomplete/1382.md

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## [For which packages does VSCode autocomplete work?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/for-which-packages-does-vscode-autocomplete-work/101360)

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**Author:** [@gdalle](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gdalle)\
**Replies:** 48\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/for-which-packages-does-vscode-autocomplete-work/101360 "2025-12-05T22:57:13Z")

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I recently discovered that autocomplete (and more generally IntelliSense) works for some people, and that makes me very frustrated :rofl: For me it only works with Base and Core, not even standard library stuff like Lin…

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## [Regression in REPL file path completion in 1.12?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/regression-in-repl-file-path-completion-in-1-12/133573)

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**Author:** [@johnomotani](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnomotani)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/regression-in-repl-file-path-completion-in-1-12/133573 "2025-11-05T17:01:16Z")

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In versions of Julia up to 1.11, tab completion of file paths would work from anywhere in the line, e.g. hitting \<tab\> in the middle of a path like julia\> run\_something("input\_files/f\<tab\>/bar.toml"; some\_kwarg=true) w…

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## [Autocomplete and Documentation issues in the Julia plugin for VSCode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/autocomplete-and-documentation-issues-in-the-julia-plugin-for-vscode/133367)

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**Author:** [@joemaik](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/joemaik)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/autocomplete-and-documentation-issues-in-the-julia-plugin-for-vscode/133367 "2025-10-22T18:47:31Z")

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I am running VSCode 1.105.1 with the julialang.language-julia plugin version 1.149.2. TL-DR: I am having issues getting Autocomplete and the Documentation running for basic Julia packages such as LinearAlgebra, inside V…

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## [Julia autocompletion not working in VSCode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-autocompletion-not-working-in-vscode/107549)

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**Author:** [@Maddy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Maddy)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-autocompletion-not-working-in-vscode/107549 "2025-08-03T13:25:15Z")

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I returned to programming after a few months. VScode seems to have changed. I can’t use Julia with the autocompletion anymore! Please help!!! look! I checked whether they work for python to make sure the problem is …

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## [VSCode package autocompletion doesnt work if package is not declared in that cell](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-package-autocompletion-doesnt-work-if-package-is-not-declared-in-that-cell/130500)

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**Author:** [@FabrizioTorrico](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/FabrizioTorrico)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-package-autocompletion-doesnt-work-if-package-is-not-declared-in-that-cell/130500 "2025-07-06T19:15:37Z")

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Im new to julia coming from python. I wanted to do some analysis so i add some packages in jupyter notebook. using Pkg Pkg.activate(".") Pkg.add(\["IJulia", "DataFrames", "CSV", "CairoMakie", "StatsBase", "Stat…

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## [Help needed with tracking autocomplete/IntelliSense issue in VS Code](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-needed-with-tracking-autocomplete-intellisense-issue-in-vs-code/129311)

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**Author:** [@algunion](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/algunion)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2025, 6:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-needed-with-tracking-autocomplete-intellisense-issue-in-vs-code/129311 "2025-05-25T06:25:52Z")

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I am not sure if this is a VSCode-only issue or something more general. I inspected some packages and didn’t find my pattern used at all - maybe I’m doing something anti-pattern-ish here. I’m open to a more idiomatic wa…

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## [Keyword argument tab completion](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/keyword-argument-tab-completion/124000)

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**Author:** [@greatpet](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/greatpet)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/keyword-argument-tab-completion/124000 "2024-12-19T21:41:31Z")

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Is it possible for the REPL or VSCode to autocomplete the name of keywords. For example, after typing range(0,10, len and hitting the Tab key, I’d like to see the compeletion of length=, before I manually type in a val…

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## [How to disable autocomplete " marks in the REPL terminal](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-disable-autocomplete-marks-in-the-repl-terminal/114641)

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**Author:** [@BVPs](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BVPs)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-disable-autocomplete-marks-in-the-repl-terminal/114641 "2024-05-23T20:01:58Z")

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Hello. I want to disable autocompletion of " (double quotation mark) when I type it in my REPL session under vscode terminal. Note that it is fine to do autocompletion of " in the editor, but I don’t want to have that in…

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## [VSCode autocomplete doesn't work beyond first character](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-autocomplete-doesnt-work-beyond-first-character/105107)

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**Author:** [@Lauel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Lauel)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 7:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-autocomplete-doesnt-work-beyond-first-character/105107 "2023-10-18T07:01:04Z")

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I am new to Julia (coming from a python background). I have done the basic installation and setup in the vscode, but an issue I face is that, autocomplete doesn’t work beyond the first letter. I have attached the screen…

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## [Autocompletion failed in jupyter lab](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/autocompletion-failed-in-jupyter-lab/103839)

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**Author:** [@y-iizawa](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/y-iizawa)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/autocompletion-failed-in-jupyter-lab/103839 "2023-09-15T14:59:35Z")

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When using julia in jupyter lab. the completion function sometimes does not work. For example, when I press the tab key after \\pi, it is not converted to the Greek letter π, but to a space. Is there a cause for this? j…