macOS Xcode 4 code block completion in C

[Psylancer]

In Xcode 3, in c (or c++) with code sense auto complete turned on, if you typed "for" or "if" or "printf" or some other common C/C++ section of code an autocomplete would pop up and allow you to hit tab to fill out the remainder of the statement. In Xcode 4 I can see many of these blocks in the "Code Snippet" in the new right hand side toolbar, and I can set a keybinding for these. But is there any way to get back the context aware autocomplete? I picked through the documentation, but everything is just touting how awesome the new autocomplete is when its turned on.

Is what I am referring to called something besides autocomplete?

 

[sunkai]

I've noticed this too.

+1 for a solution please.

 

[jiminaus]

If I type for, forin, if or ifelse, it does bring up the code snippet in the code completion popup.

If I click and pause on a code snippet in the library, a popup appears. If I click on the Edit button, I can see what the completion shortcut is. For example, the "GCD: Dispatch Once" code snippet has the completion shortcut of dispatch_once.

Not all the code snippets have completion shortcuts assigned to them by default, for example, the Reusable UITableView Cell snippet.

I don't about these being context aware though.

 

[Mac Player]

Interesting, some code snippet shortcuts work while others don't. For example "typedef" works but "for" and "dowhile" don't show completions.