# Autocomplete Ace Editor
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/autocomplete-ace-editor/7231
**Category:** General
**Created:** [25 January 2019 06:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/autocomplete-ace-editor/7231 "2019-01-25T06:29:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Naes0](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Naes0)
#### Post date: [25 January 2019 06:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/autocomplete-ace-editor/7231/1 "2019-01-25T06:29:07Z")
Is there anyway to enable autocomplete for the ace editor?
The ace editor comes with it as an option now. Is there a way to edit this configuration for node-red.
It should be as simple as:
ace.require("ace/ext/language\_tools");
var editor = ace.edit("editor");
editor.setOptions({
enableBasicAutocompletion: true
});
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### Author:  [@Naes0](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Naes0)
#### Post date: [25 January 2019 07:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/autocomplete-ace-editor/7231/2 "2019-01-25T07:03:17Z")
Never mind realised you could use "Alt+Space" to bring up the autocomplete window. Would be cool if it was always enabled though.
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### Author:  [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)
#### Post date: [25 January 2019 09:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/autocomplete-ace-editor/7231/3 "2019-01-25T09:45:03Z")
When you say 'always enabled' what do you mean? Prompting for completions without the keyboard shortcut? That will always be a personal preference - some developers don't like it, some do. Right now we don't have anywhere to store that sort of option, but something to consider in the future.