Rhino 8 - Grasshopper Python Script Editor intellisense+autocomplete

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Hey there, I have red several topics about this, but it’s not clear to me on each topic if that is about the Rhino Scripting or the Grasshopper Script component… so here I am, asking again :slight_smile:

GhPython component in Rhino7 has this very useful help, autocomplete, suggest… it makes you feel like the script component truly loves you and does its best to enable your poor skills by suggesting stuff without having to alt+tab to Rhinocommon API page every time

Script component in Rhino8 is more on its own, almost never suggests anything at all, and it never shows any help for methods and stuff… it gives me some notepad vibes, and doesn’t make me feel as loved as I was by the R7 one

not even when importing libraries like ghpythonlib… in R7 to get
from ghpythonlib import treehelpers as th
I could just: from ghp [Enter] import tr [Enter] as th

while in R8 you have to type every single character in it

is there something odd in my r8 installation? or is this still under development? or this is my life now?

:slight_smile:

[edit/update]

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I agree

i am learning python in grasshopper by using modelab course and as a total beginner i find the rh8 script interface unusable within respect to RH7 GH script editor.

the same script is working on RH7 and not working on RH8 ( and the only typing of initial import statement “import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs” is tricky and difficult in RH8 due to the “heavy” autocomplete function overtaking my typing when pressing enter

i will switch back to RH7 for the time being in the hope this will be restored to a usable state , at least for a newbie like me

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FWIW, one can still use the old trusty GHPython component in Rhino 8. See this topic:

That is, double click the canvas and search for #GHPython

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