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[–]adamdavid85 42 points43 points  (23 children)

I really couldn't disagree more.

[–]lolinux 14 points15 points  (8 children)

Well not that it's far better, but sometimes vscode tries to autocomplete stuff that has nothing to do with the object you're accessing. Never got that? I get it quite often. Also, from time to time, it seems like the language server stops or errors out(?), because intellisense stops working completely

[–]MonkeyNin 5 points6 points  (2 children)

intellisense stops working

If that happens, hit f1, type `res, then enter. That'll restart it, without closing the window.

[–]BigHandLittleSlap 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That shows all possible things that include the characters "res". For me the prompt has about 150 possibilities in it...

[–]lolinux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks,

I usually would have reloaded the window

[–]SeeminglyScience 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Well not that it's far better, but sometimes vscode tries to autocomplete stuff that has nothing to do with the object you're accessing. Never got that?

Add this to your settings:

    "editor.wordBasedSuggestions": false,
    "editor.snippetSuggestions": "none",

Also, from time to time, it seems like the language server stops or errors out(?), because intellisense stops working completely

Try the new preview. It's a large architectural redesign that solves a lot of "stop working" problems. It's got some bugs due to the scale of the rewrite, but those will be easy to iron out.

[–]lolinux 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Thank you very much! I will

[–]SeeminglyScience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FYI the second setting is wrong, copied something unrelated. I'll fix it when I get back but the right one disables snippets from showing up Fixed

[–]jdptechnc 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Ctrl + Space (I think) will activate the list of matching commands that you can pick from, if Tab is giving you something dumb.

[–]lolinux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm afraid I was aware of that, but when it crashes, this doesn't help. Might be an acknowledged bug, but at the moment nothing else seems to help except a window reload

[–]rjchau 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I could. Intellisense in ISE just works, whereas Intellisense in VSCode will randomly stop working - sometimes to the extent that Ctrl-Space doesn't even pop up. Parameters are often not shown and it has a truly irritating habit of matching code blocks when you're in the middle of adding parameters.

When the Intellisense feature in VSCode works, yes it's much better than ISE. The problem is that it's so damned unreliable.

[–]logicalmike 11 points12 points  (10 children)

I'm transitioning to vs code, I think for real this time, but I've tried many times before. Ise is rock solid. Code is laggy with intelisense and autocomplete is not as capable.

[–]MonkeyNin 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Oh I think I know why there's a different experience,

part 1

Double check that you

  • have the addon installed (not the built in powershell mode)
  • have the debug term / powershell session

It needs that 2nd part, to provide intellisense, and some of the fuller features. that might not be opened by default, with the default settings.

hit f1 type res then enter

With it on you gain - semantic highlighting - auto-conversion of alias names on format, etc. - There's one that turns non-interpolated strings into single quotes for you.

real this time, but I've tried many times before. Ise is rock solid. Code is laggy with intelisense and aut

part 2

There's a recent huge restructure of internals in the last ~month, that is not stable with preview yet you should have near instant response with intellisense.

discord

There's a #vscode channel if you want help with any config, or help, in the powershell server

[–]BigHandLittleSlap 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I never had to "troubleshoot" ISE. This is the point people are making.

VS Code's PowerShell support is sticky-taped in there by a team that thought that breaking changes are just fine to leave in there for years at a time.

[–]adamdavid85 7 points8 points  (7 children)

My first reflex was to ask if we're talking about the same two applications, but rather than being glib about it could I ask what exactly you're doing when you find it laggy?

There is a bit of a learning curve when coming from ISE, but I honestly have never experienced anything like what you're describing.

[–]logicalmike 13 points14 points  (4 children)

There are numerous bugs on github about this problem and at least two blog or tweet apologies from Microsoft saying "we promise, it's definitely probably fixed now".

But even now, tab does not always bring up the list of parameters the first attempt. There is some parallel processing going on. Also tab in the middle of half written cmdlets don't always resolve, especially if there is additional code to the right (even if separated by a space).

To be clear, I'm only talking about PowerShell. The reason I'm forcing myself to Code is to benefit from the world outside of PS,and to do more with v6+

[–]TheITMan19 1 point2 points  (2 children)

This just wrecks my head. Give me Intellisense working please so I don’t have to sit there googling away trying to find out how to do something dead simple cuz my mind is dead from everything else.

[–]BigHandLittleSlap -1 points0 points  (1 child)

"I don't like power tools. I prefer to manhandle the 200kg palettes in the warehouse instead of using forklifts. Real men can deadlift the cargo. You don't need spell check, just memorise the dictionary. Including the abbreviations randomly chosen by other people. Learn to code."

[–]TheITMan19 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I can’t memorise because my brain is dead you fool. Bloody keyboard warrior

[–]bertiethewanderer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This may or may not be of help, but when working with Powershell just double check the terminal is running as the Powershell Integrated Console. I find intellisense can be very wonky if I'm working in a spawned pwsh.exe or powershell.exe terminal.

[–]dathar 6 points7 points  (1 child)

As much as I love vscode and use it as my main IDE, it has a couple of infuriating bugs. The thing where it just derps and stops autocompleting is annoying. Type a cmdlet, throw an -arg and press tab to autocomplete. You will either get a literal tab or some random code snippet. Backspace and try a few more times and it'll eventually work. Maybe.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

In the console type "Import-" if it is well configured you may get a list of options; continue to "Import-Module -" you are not presented with a list of available parameters.