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Improve the relevance of code completion list

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java, typescript
Domain
tooling

Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named. Begin by reproducing the completion behavior in the spring-petclinic project when typing “List”, then trace how completion relevance is determined. Done means a favorite-completion mechanism can prioritize commonly used java.util.* classes, including java.util.List, without disrupting the completion list.

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Description

ai-triaged code-completion completion enhancement feature-request usability ux

When typing 'List' in the spring-petclinic project, the commonly used class java.util.List does not appear at the top of the completion list, which can be confusing for users. To address this, we suggest introducing a mechanism such as a favorite completion list to influence the completion relevance. By adding commonly used classes from java.util.* to the favorite list, they can be prioritized and appear at the top of the completion list.

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TypeScript
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Forks
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Avg merge
17h 47m
Merged PRs (30d)
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