Setting completion menu options

You can set options for the way the rule editor presents terms and phrases in the completion menu, and parses rules.

Procedure

  1. In the toolbar above the editing area, click Completion Menu Options. A window opens.
  2. Select the check boxes for the options you want to set.
    Table 1. Completion menu options
    Option Description

    Change the completion menu mode
    Repeatedly press Ctrl+Spacebar to change the completion menu mode:
    • Smart
    • Hierarchical and smart
    • Hierarchical
    • None

    Display documentation

    Select if you want to display hover help next to the completion menu. When you hover your mouse pointer over a term or phrase, context-sensitive help is displayed in an adjacent panel.

    Clear this check box if you want to hide the hover help.

    Enable auto-restart

    Select to automatically reopen the completion menu when a term or phrase is selected.

    Clear this check box if you want to open the completion menu by pressing Ctrl+Spacebar.

    Enable on double-click

    Select to open the completion menu by double-clicking a word in the editing area.

    Clear this check box if you want double-clicking to select the current word instead.

    Enable smart mode

    Select to filter the completion menu entries in a smart way to reduce the number of entries.

    Enable on Spacebar

    Select to open the completion menu whenever you press Spacebar while you are typing in the editing area.

    Clear this check box if you want the completion menu to open only when you press Ctrl+Spacebar.

    Filter unreachable phrases

    Select if you want the completion menu to hide phrases that cannot be used because no suitable ruleset parameter or rule variable.

    Wrap lines

    Select if you want to automatically display a code statement on more than one line. When you resize a window, the code is wrapped to another line to keep the entire code statement visible in the window without having to scroll horizontally.

    Clear this check box if you want the code on one line without wrapping it to the next line.
  3. Press Esc or click outside the pop-up window to save your settings.