Hey Guys,

I was just wondering, is there a way to make NotePad++ auto completion work similar to DreamWeaver CS3's? Like in Dreamweaver if you want to make a form, and you can't remember the proper html for it it'll give you a small list of 'smart' options, not this list of everything like NotePad++ currently does for me.

Like, in Dreamweaver when I use it I get the following list of choices for the code:

<input type=" ">

Inbetween the " " I get the choices for: button, submit, check box, password radio etc etc, but only about a dozen VALID suggestions. When I do the same thing in NotePad ++ i get... nothing.

Is there a way to make this auto completetion.. well 'smarter'? Like make it only suggest valid things for this kind of stuff, and in PHP as well?

Or is there another free editor that has this 'smart' auto-completion?

Thanks
-Den

    not really. You're talking about the difference between a true IDE and a simple text-editor.

      Take a look at some of the other IDEs available for your use. There are plenty (some free, some less costly than others) that would do as you request. Personally, I feel you get what you pay for, and sometimes you pay too much for too little 😉

        Among the free ones, I just started looking at Aptana (with the PHP plug-in) which does the sort of thing you're looking for, I believe. I have not yet explored it enough to provide a critique, but it looks very promising so far for a free IDE.

          There are two versions of Aptana. One is the community edition, the other is the $99 version. I personally love Zend IDE; however, I use the framework a bunch so it helps to automatically have that as hints.

          Then again I've also used NuSphere's PhpED program, MKSoftware's program, WeBuilder, and a couple other IDEs. I like Zend the best; the only bad thing is it's built on Eclipse which requires Java and it's not the fastest on some systems. But hey, what can ya do?

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