Visual Studio Unity Intellisense

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IntelliSense provides several features to help enhance the experience of writing and editing code. For example, in addition to code completion, the IntelliSense engine also provides member lists, parameter info, and quick info.

In Visual Studio for Mac, IntelliSense is provided by the core editor service, and is supported in many languages, such as C#, XAML, F#, JavaScript and more. Visual Studio for Mac also features advanced IntelliSense features, such as the ability to show completions from libraries that are not yet imported into the project.

Code Completion

When typing within a supported file, such as a C# code file, valid completions for the string you are currently typing will be displayed in a completion list and updated as you type. Furthermore, if you delete text, the list will again auto-update to include the wider range of possibilities for completing the given string.

The completion window also offers support for filtering the included completions by type. For example, it is possible to limit the members of the list to only represent types such as classes or delegates. This filtering process can be enabled either through clicking on a specific icon representing the type which will be filtered or via keyboard shortcuts corresponding with a given type. The icons, which are located at the bottom of the completion window, are as follows:

In Unity go to Package Manager and install Visual Studio Code Editor. This will enable Unity to generate proper project files for VSCode. In Unity go to Edit - Preferences - External Tools and choose VSCode from the dropdown (could be listed as code.cmd) and after you choose it tick all the checkboxes you want in the Generate.csproj files for section. Make sure 'Visual Studio Editor' (a.k.a. Visual Studio Tools for Unity) is installed in Package Manager. Go to Edit Preferences External Tools and make sure that Visual Studio is set as your 'External Script Editor'. Restart both Unity and Visual Studio, or even your whole machine to make sure.

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Icon	Name	Keyword
class	`class`	⌥C
constant	`const`	⌥O
delegate	`delegate`	⌥D
enum	`enum`	⌥E
event	⌥V
field	⌥F
interface	`interface`	⌥I
keyword	⌥K
method	⌥M
namespace	`namespace`	⌥N
property	⌥P
snippet	`class`	⌥S
structure	`struct`	⌥S

What you will get from this page: Handy tips to help you be more productive when using Microsoft Visual Studio or Visual Studio for Mac as the code editor for your Unity projects. Visual Studio and Visual Studio for Mac come with a suite of tools for Unity, including IntelliSense support for Unity API messages, debugging and inspecting features.

By clicking on any of the icons, or by pressing the corresponding hotkeys, the completion list will limit to only types as defined by the filter set.

Parameter Window

Another feature of IntelliSense is the ability to provide a parameter list where appropriate. The parameter list provides details of the method signatures for the code being called. By clicking on the up/down arrows within the signature, you can cycle through each of the available parameter signatures to determine the most appropriate for your needs. In addition to the details of the types of data allowed, there may also be a description as defined in the target method via XML comments.

As you fill in the parameters, the parameter that you are currently editing will be bolded, while the inactive parameters will have the standard weight.