Whenever you refresh SObject definitions, the representative Apex classes are deleted and regenerated. Also, the changes are lost when you refresh the SObject definitions.

If they’re modified, it may impact the auto-completion suggestions. We recommend that you don’t edit these representative Apex classes because these classes are intended to be read-only. These classes represent the standard and custom objects that the current user has access to. When you refresh SObject definitions, the extension uses the default org to generate Apex classes.

Interfaces (from definitions of implementing classes).

Classes (from definitions of extending classes).

You can preview, view, or go to definitions of: Run the SFDX: Refresh SObject Definitions command from the Command Palette. To ensure that the code smartness feature correctly prompts completion suggestions, you must refresh the SObject definitions. If you want to define your own code snippets, read Snippets in Visual Studio Code. You can also view these code snippets as code completion suggestions.

When you’re working in an Apex class or trigger, run Insert Snippet from the Command Palette to view the available snippets. Code SnippetsĬode snippets are available for scaffolding class and interface definitions, and a variety of statements such as loops and conditional statements, and so on. If you want to change how suggestions are pre-selected, see IntelliSense - Suggestion selection.

Enter key to select from the suggestions.

Arrow keys to navigate between the suggestions.

Ctrl+space to view code completion suggestions.The auto-completion list also displays the documentation for the suggestions. As you type, auto-completion will list members such as, methods or variables. The Apex extension provides context-sensitive suggestions when you’re working in an Apex class or trigger. Use the Apex extension for VS Code to access code-editing features such as code completion, go to definition, view outlines of Apex classes and triggers, refactoring, and find syntactic errors in your code.

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