microsoft / microsoft/TypeScript
Autofill object literal in IDE
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Description
Search Terms
- autofill object literal
Suggestion
It would be nice if there was a way to automatically fill in the required values of an object literal so I don't have to do it one property at a time, it would set the value to a minimum value (string '', number 0, etc). Then I can manually add the optional properties and there values.

Use Cases
This will help speed up creation of objects that have lots of required items.
Checklist
My suggestion meets these guidelines:
- This wouldn't be a breaking change in existing TypeScript/JavaScript code
- This wouldn't change the runtime behavior of existing JavaScript code
- This could be implemented without emitting different JS based on the types of the expressions
- This isn't a runtime feature (e.g. library functionality, non-ECMAScript syntax with JavaScript output, etc.)
- This feature would agree with the rest of TypeScript's Design Goals.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the IDE's object-literal completion logic and reviewing existing completion tests. Done means a completion action fills required properties with suitable minimum values while leaving optional properties available for manual addition.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100