In addition to snippets and variables, you can create a custom auto suggestions list and add your own words and phrases to it. If you type content matching text in your auto suggestions list, those phrases will be displayed in the popup. The first step to doing this is to add an auto suggestions list file to your project.
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How to Add an Auto Suggestion List File
- Do one of the following, depending on the part of the user interface you are using:
- Ribbon Select Project > New > Advanced > Auto Suggestion List File.
- Right-click In the Project Organizer, right-click on the Advanced folder and from the context menu select Add Auto Suggestion List File.
The Add File dialog opens.
- In the File Type field at the top, make sure Auto Suggestion List File is selected.
- In the Source area, choose to create the new file based on a template or an existing file.
- New From Template Choose either a factory template file or one of your own custom template files as a starting point. The new file will take on all of the settings contained in the template. If you want to use the factory template provided by Flare, expand the Factory Templates folder and click on a template file. If you want to use your own custom template file, expand the appropriate folder and click on a file.
- New From Existing Choose an existing file of the same type as a starting point for your new file. As with template files, your new file will take on all of the settings contained in the file you select. To use this option, click
, use the Open File dialog to find a file, and double-click it.
The auto suggestion list file supports the TBX-Basic markup format, and its extension is .fltbx (e.g., MyAutoSugList.fltbx).
- New From Template Choose either a factory template file or one of your own custom template files as a starting point. The new file will take on all of the settings contained in the template. If you want to use the factory template provided by Flare, expand the Factory Templates folder and click on a template file. If you want to use your own custom template file, expand the appropriate folder and click on a file.
- (Optional) If you want to place the file into a subfolder previously created in the Content Explorer or Project Organizer, in the Folder field click and select the subfolder. Otherwise, keep the default location.
- In the File Name field, type a new name for the auto suggestion list file.
- (Optional) If you want to apply condition tags to the file, expand the Attributes section at the bottom of the dialog. Next to the Condition Tags field, click and select the conditions you want to apply. Click OK.
- (Optional) If you want to apply file tags, expand the Attributes section at the bottom of the dialog. Next to the File Tags field, click and select the file tags you want to apply. Click OK.
- Click Add. The auto suggestion list file is added to the Advanced folder in the Project Organizer. The Auto Suggestion List Editor opens to the right.
What’s Next?
After you add an auto suggestion list file to your project, you can add words, phrases, or sentences (256 character limit) to it. You can do this directly in the Auto Suggestion List Editor, or you can right-click text in the XML Editor and use the context menu to add it to the auto suggestions list file. See Creating and Editing Auto Suggestion Lists.