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SpringToolSuite 4.25: enable autocomplete for Spring Files

I'm migrating my workspace and development environment from

  • Spring Tool Suite 3.7.3

to

  • Spring Tool Suite 4 Version: 4.25.0.RELEASE

In the old version, it's very helpful, when editing an Spring XML beans file, to press Ctrl+Space and, STS autocomplete the class name, or STS shows all the properties/attributes of the bean.

In the new version, it doesn't work for me. How can I configure or activate this?

I have read about "Content Assist" configuration. When I'm editing a Java source file, Ctrl+Space works. So my question is about an Spring beans file in XML.

Thank you.

Solution

  • The support for Spring XML config files in the Spring Tools 4 is not enabled by default. You need to enable this in the preferences via Preferences -> Spring -> XML Config Files -> Enable Spring XML Config files support.

    Once that is active, you will get the mentioned features showing up in Spring XML config files.

    In case you are missing a specific feature, please raise an enhancement request at https://github.com/spring-projects/sts4/issues.