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Getting full JS autocompletion under Sublime Text


Suggestions are (basically) based on the text in the current open file and any snippets or completions you have defined (ref). If you want more text suggestions, I'd recommend:

As a side note, I'd really recommend installing Package control to take full advantage of the Sublime community. Some of the options above use Package control. I'd also highly recommend the tutsplus Sublime tutorial videos, which include all sorts of information about improving your efficiency when using Sublime.


Ternjs is a new alternative for getting JS autocompletion. http://ternjs.net/

Sublime Plugin

The most well-maintained Tern plugin for Sublime Text is called 'tern_for_sublime'

There is also an older plugin called 'TernJS'. It is unmaintained and contains several performance related bugs, that cause Sublime Text to crash, so avoid that.


As already mentioned, tern.js is a new and promising project with plugins for Sublime Text, Vim and Emacs. I´ve been using TernJS for Sublime for a while and the suggestions I get are way better than the standard ones:

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Tern scans all .js files in your project. You can get support for DOM, nodejs, jQuery, and more by adding "libs" in your .sublime-project file:

"ternjs": {    "exclude": ["wordpress/**", "node_modules/**"],    "libs": ["browser", "jquery"],    "plugins": {        "requirejs": {            "baseURL": "./js"        }    }}

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