Enable Autocomplete for String Literals

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You can optionally enable autocomplete for string literals inside VSCode. Enabling autocomplete for string literals lets you automatically populate database and collection names when using use("") or db.getCollection("") syntax within a MongoDB playground.

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Enabling autocomplete for string literals is a global VSCode setting. Changing this setting may affect the behavior and performance of other extensions and of VSCode itself.
If you do not want to enable autocomplete for string literals inside VSCode, you can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Space. This shortcut prompts autocomplete for string literals in your MongoDB playground.

Before you Begin

Install the MongoDB VSCode extension.

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Open Settings.json

In VSCode, open the command palette:

Operating System	Keyboard Command
Windows	`CTRL` + `SHIFT` + `P`
MacOS	`CMD` + `SHIFT` + `P`

Enter Open User Settings (JSON) and select the option from the autocompleted list:

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Add the autocomplete snippet to the Settings.json file

Copy the following code snippet:

"editor.quickSuggestions": {
   "other": true,
   "comments": false,
   "strings": true
}

Paste the code into the Settings.json file:

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Test the autocompletion feature

In a new playground file connected to your deployment, type the first character of a collection name between db.getCollection("") and click the full name to populate the collection name:

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You can also autocomplete database names by typing the first character of a database name in-between the use("") statement.

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