Make Autocomplete Automatic

[expired user #8728]'s profile image [expired user #8728] posted 9 years ago in General Permalink
I am sadly stuck on SQL 2005 and don't get Intellisense in SSMS. I have been looking for alternatives and really like what I see so far in HeidiSQL, with one big exception:

Couldn't you make AutoComplete more, well, automatic? In other editors I don't have to hit keystrokes to make suggestions appear. Ctrl+Space is rather clunky. I know it is *very* tricky, but it's worth improving. My biggest desire is to get an editor with good Autocomplete/Intellisense.

Other Suggestions:
- Add capitalization options, i.e. always set case for keywords, object names, variables, etc. I'd prefer keywords to always be capitalized, object names retain their actual case, etc. You've already got color coding, capitalization would be extra cool

- Menu Accelerators: I don't know if HeidiSQL is cross platform, but in Windows you should have underlines under the major and minor menu items so the user can click Alt+[letter] to invoke the command. It's a Windows Standard

- Proportional Fonts: I love SegoeUI and don't need a fixed pitch font for my coding.

If there's anything above that indicates I'm missing something obvious, please let me know.

Other that that, this environment is very, very good. I'll keep checking back, and kind thanks.
[expired user #8728]'s profile image [expired user #8728] posted 9 years ago Permalink
Another suggestion: Make it possible to quickly and easily toggle the visibility of the results pane in the query editor. I'm often working on long blocks of code and want that out of the way.

Thanks!

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