Never Seen IntelliCode Work Once

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Never Seen IntelliCode Work Once

[jkeech]

The VS Code extension for IntelliCode supports TS/JS, Python, and Java. C#, XAML, and C++ are supported in the Visual Studio extension for IntelliCode. You can see more details about the full set of supported languages and which versions of each editor and IDE they are supported in at https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/services/intellicode/.

Unfortunately, if you are using C# in VS Code, you will not see any IntelliCode recommendations since it's not currently one of the supported IntelliCode languages in VS Code. JavaScript is supposed to work though. If you create a new .js file and type console., do you see the starred suggestions?

If not, could you paste the output of the VS IntelliCode output window? It should say something like the following:

Acquiring model 'intellisense-members' for javascript
Querying IntelliCode service for available models.
Cached model is up to date.

If you have IntelliCode installed but don't see any suggestions for .js files, one possibility is that you have another extension installed which is replacing the full completion list (overriding the default language server). In this case, the other extension would be masking the IntelliCode suggestions.

[DanJ210]

I saw the stars come up the other day but when I backspaced and retyped the same thing they weren't there, I believe I was in C#. Yes I read about the supported languages.

I did create a new .js filed and typed console. and the stars did come up. I went back to C# files to try but I can't seem to get the stars to come up. Not like in Visual Studio.

So maybe I'm just not understanding when and why the AI suggestions would come up. In Visual Studio the extension analyzes your code and models. Maybe that's not happening in VS Code for obvious reasons.

I just thought I'd share my experience anyway just in case I'm doing something wrong or if I can help.

[jkeech]

@DanJ210, just to confirm, were you trying to see the IntelliCode starred suggestions in VS Code for .cs files? If so, this is expected not to work since C# is only supported in the Visual Studio version of IntelliCode.

For reference, here is the supported language matrix:

Language	VS Code	VS 2017 (15.8+)	VS 2019 (16.0+)
C#	❌	✔️	✔️
C++	❌	❌	✔️
Java	✔️	❌	❌
JS/TS	✔️	❌	❌
Python	✔️	❌	❌
XAML	❌	✔️	✔️