Lack of javascript intellisense in Visual Studio 2010

Question

I was delighted to see javascript intellisense in Visual studio 2010 , but I don't see everything inside a particular object through it , in the below code

if (document.images[i].parentNode.tagName == "A"

"parentNode" doesn't shows up in intellisense which made me think that I was typing wrong code ,but it do exists and Visual studio doesn't show it..

How to fix this ?

Update Progress:

• Used NetBeans 7.1 it didn't helped me in JavaScript,
• Installed JScript Extensions for VStudio 2010 ,some improvements in js editing but no improved in Javascript intellisense,

Answer 1

Out of the box you have some support for JavaScript in Visual Studio 2010 but it doesn't really cut it.

At the moment I am using Resharper 6.1 (Visual Studio plugin) which does cut it. It does exactly what you expect plus lots more. It's not free but I can advise it to anyone.

Answer 2

If you want to improve the default JavaScript experience in Visual Studio 2010 you need to install the JScript Extensions.

In VS > Tools > Extension Manager > Search for JScript

You will then be able to install the following extensions:

• JScript Brace Matching Extension
• JScript Editor Extension
• JScript IntelliSense Para Extension
• JScript Outloning Extension
• JScript WOrk Highlighter Extension

Good luck!

Answer 3

I do Unity3D game development, and my primary IDE is MonoDevelop. MonoDevelop with Unity3D appears to have strong support for JavaScript. Since I mostly do c#, I cannot say much about it, but you can play around with it.

Answer 4

I have found an Editor "Free JavaScript Editor" it has good intellisense support for javascript, it can tackle

• HTML
• CSS
• Javascript

It was all that I need right nowt..! :)

Thanks for all the replies and input...