R auto complete not suggesting dplyr functions in vscode

[RafaelUL]

Whenever I try to type out a dplyr function in a .qmd file, auto complete never suggests them. However, it works as normal in .rmd and .r files. Auto complete in a .qmd file feels not very smart. Sometimes it also doesn't suggest variable or column names, but this happens inconsistently enough that I haven't been able to replicate it for a screenshot.

I'm on:
VS Code 1.97
R 4.4.2
Quarto 1.6.40
Windows 11

Example .qmd:

Example .rmd:

[cderv]

I moved the issue in the repo for the Quarto VSCODE extension as it could be related to it but surely not to the R package.

Does it make a difference if you run the first cell to execute all the libary calls ?

Thanks

[RafaelUL]

The cells with the library calls were run before both screenshots

[cderv]

Ok great. thanks

Rmd support is brought by an external extension that must behave differently regarding language server stuff and autocompletion.

I don't know exactly how this works here, and if this could be improved or not from the Quarto extension itself. I'll mark as a bug.

In the meantime, you could give a try to Positron (https://positron.posit.co/) - they have context awarenesss for R and Python console and environment, so they may have enhanced support in addition to the Quarto extension.

[mcanouil]

I'm pretty sure I have seen this exact issue few years ago.

Meanwhile, regarding auto-completions issues upstream:

• VSCode autocompletion doesn't "complete", duplicates existing text REditorSupport/vscode-R#821
• Function autocompletion not working if packages are source()ed from a script or loaded from R terminal REditorSupport/vscode-R#1462

[mcanouil]

And within this repository itself:

• Auto completion does not work properly inside R blocks #329