# Autocomplete code from IDE
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/autocomplete-code-from-ide/18483
**Category:** p5.js
**Created:** [March 7, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/autocomplete-code-from-ide/18483 "2020-03-07T13:17:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@JPatagonico](https://discourse.processing.org/u/JPatagonico)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/autocomplete-code-from-ide/18483/1 "2020-03-07T13:17:33Z")
Hi,
I activated the autocomplete option from the IDE preferences.
Autocomplete using ctrl + space is not working. How does code autocomplete work?
I performed tests with Java and P5.js and in both cases it did not work.
Thank you.
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### Author:  [@debxyz](https://discourse.processing.org/u/debxyz)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/autocomplete-code-from-ide/18483/2 "2020-03-07T14:52:26Z")
Welcome to the forum,
Try quitting then relaunching processing? To see if the preference change takes effect.
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### Author:  [@paulgoux](https://discourse.processing.org/u/paulgoux)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/autocomplete-code-from-ide/18483/3 "2020-03-07T15:42:47Z")
can confirm it works. You have to have some letters typed, then press ctrl + space.
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### Author:  [@JPatagonico](https://discourse.processing.org/u/JPatagonico)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/autocomplete-code-from-ide/18483/4 "2020-03-07T16:37:54Z")
Just work with Java. It does not work with P5.js
How can I solve it?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@kfrajer](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kfrajer)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/autocomplete-code-from-ide/18483/5 "2020-03-07T16:54:22Z")
I tested java flavor and I also confirms it works using the PDE (v3.5.4 p5js mode v1.2.2 @ Win10) but not for p5.js mode. This option doesn’t seem to be supported in the [online editor](https://editor.p5js.org/) either.
You can head to [P5.js Github issues](https://github.com/processing/p5.js/issues) and create a request to support this feature. It will be helpful if you cross-reference yours posts.
Kf
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### Author:  [@jeremydouglass](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jeremydouglass)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/autocomplete-code-from-ide/18483/6 "2020-03-09T18:10:28Z")
Autocomplete is a Java mode only feature of PDE, as far as I know. Even if it was added to the p5.js online editor it wouldn’t (automatically) also work in the PDE mode for p5.js, which is a Java-based editor.
Related PDE issues:
- [https://github.com/processing/processing/issues?q=is%3Aissue+autocomplete](https://github.com/processing/processing/issues?q=is%3Aissue+autocomplete)