autocomplete does not work correctly for the resource type

[andrey-dubnik]

Hi,

Having small issues with autocomplete while using the resource block

resource "" "name" {

}

Typing anything inside the "" triggers no autocomplete where removing the "" actually triggers the correct behaviour although resource is not quoted

resource helm_release "name" {

}

Expected behaviour is to autocomplete inside the quotes of the resource ""

[andrey-dubnik]

It works correctly for the scenario with resource inside the quotes when autocomplete is initiated manually e.g. [Cmd] + [Esc]

[rothman857]

I am seeing the same behavior, except that it also does not work correctly when manually initiating autocomplete on Windows10 ( [ctrl] + [space] ).

Running v2.0.1 on Windows 10.
VScode 1.46.0

[paultyng]

This seems to be a setting/limitation upstream in VS Code: microsoft/vscode#23962 (comment)

We'll need to investigate what we can do to override it, until then you will need to manually initiate completion inside quotes.

[byron70]

I was able to get this working when manually initiating inside the resource type quotes by adding this to my user settings. I have a feeling adding "editor.quickSugggestions": {"strings": true} globally would probably mess with some other languages.

    "[terraform]": {
        "editor.tabSize": 2,
        "editor.formatOnSave": true,
        "editor.defaultFormatter": "hashicorp.terraform",
        "editor.quickSuggestions": {
            "other": true,
            "comments": false,
            "strings": true
        }
    }

[aeschright]

Thanks @byron70 – the language-specific config is the best option for people who want to have this option right now.

[tatsuo48]

In my case, adding the following improved the situation.

"editor.suggest.snippetsPreventQuickSuggestions": false

After inserting the snippet of the resource, it will be autocomplete without moving the cursor to another line once

[paultyng]

Potentially also related to this: microsoft/language-server-protocol#565

We can solve this in a couple ways I think, in order of preference:

1. use the completion item command to trigger an additional completion for the item
2. suggestion the full block instead of the initial keyword (ie. resource "aws_...." as the completion item)
3. pass resource names as snippet enums

3 is probably undesirable as you don't get the rich hinting with descriptions, etc. 2 is probably the most "correct" implementation possibly, but 1 is maybe the past of least resistance in the near term.

Here is an implementation of 1 from the Dart extension: https://github.com/Dart-Code/Dart-Code/blob/7df6509870d51cc99a90cf220715f4f97c681bbf/src/providers/dart_completion_item_provider.ts#L197-202

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