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Eclipse Neon Content Assist has no proposals for JavaScript

Bottom Line Up Front: Eclipse Neon content assist (Ctrl+space) does not offer any proposals for my JavaScript code.

Screenshot of empty content assist (ctrl+space)

Here is what I've checked so far:

  1. JSDT has been installed
  2. "JavaScript resources" include ECMASciptBuilt-In Library, ECMA 3 Browser Support Library, jQuery
  3. The project's Include path has ECMAScipt Built-In Library, ECMA 3 Browser Support Library, jQuery, and JavaScript Web Project support
  4. Eclipse's JavaScript Content Assist is enabled and includes Basic proposals, Other JavaScript Proposals, Template Proposals, and word proposals.
  5. I changed the content assist from ctrl+space to ctrl+0 to check whether ctrl+space had been hijacked
  6. Content assist DOES work with regular Java (in a different project)
  7. I tried reset to defaults under Content Assist > Advanced
  8. JavaScript facet is selected for the project
  9. .js files and .jsp files are stored in folders that are under folders that are designated as source folders in the project properties under JavaScript > Include Path
  10. This is also an issue in Mars 2.
  11. I've run through the steps listed here for configuring content assist: http://www.eclipse.org/pdt/help/html/using_javascript_content_assist.htm

The content assist isn't even proposing functions that are defined within the same .js file. How can I get Eclipse's content assist to propose elements correctly?

Solution

  • I have the same problem and it seems to be a known bug: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=504057