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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.

About this Task

  • 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.

Steps

1

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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2

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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3

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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