Context-Sensitive Help

• Displays a list of valid elements at the cursor's current position
  • Control + Spacebar at the beginning of a line
• List methods for a class
  • Period after a valid class name
• Lists expected parameters
  • Open parenthesis after a validclass, function, or method name
• Properties assigned to a locally declared object are also included in the list of suggestions
• Locally declared objects are only available to the current script.

While editing a script, Context-Sensitive Help can be invoked by using the following keystrokes at the cursor location:

• Ctrl + Space (both Mac/Windows)
• . (a period)

Suggestions are context-sensitive relative to the cursor's current position and are filtered based on API type. For example, when working on a server-side script, only suggestions from server-side APIs display. When working on a client-side script, only suggestions from client-side APIs display.

Use any one of these strategies to insert a suggested element into your script.

• Highlight an element in the list using the arrow keys on your keyboard, then press the <Tab> or <Enter> key.
• Continue typing until the element becomes highlighted, then press the <Tab> or <Enter> key.
• Double-click an element in the list.

Important

• If the keyboard language is different from the instance language, you may experience unexpected behavior.
• Context-Sensitive Help is disabled for XML fields and UI Actions.
• Suggestions provided by Context-Sensitive Help are part of the Scoped Application API.
• If an element does not appear in the list of suggestions, simply continue typing the element's name. Context-Sensitive Help turns off when the text being entered no longer matches any suggestions in the list