[Tex/LaTex] Autocomplete problem in TeXStudio 2.3

Question

I am having problem in autocomplete feature of TeXStudio 2.3 under Windows 7 x64. Most of the times, I don't have the autocomplete of all the commands of the loaded packages as well as the bibliography items, and etc. Especially, for the bibliography, I have to check the bibliography file and look it up there. Fortunately, autocomplete issue fixes by itself randomly and I don't know how I should correct them at the times when it does not work. I tried the tips given in here but no success.

Here is the TeXStudio configuration window for autocomplete. It does not have any bibliography entry.

I am using it with classicthesis. I would be grateful if someone could shed light on this problem.

Answer 1

First, I would recommended updating TexStudio to 2.5.2 version. Go to options -> Configure TexStudio -> Completion, tick all packages you need to have auto-completion of their commands -> Ok, in the example below, biblatex package, and autocomplete is shown for the \parencite{} corresponding command. Alternatively, you may try also direct copy & paste approach from your citation manager software (if you use one), I use Zotero and I find this approach much easier to copy the citation key directly from Zotero of the selected reference(s) and paste it directly into the TexStudio, this link would explain how.
To install packages for win7 64bit you can install from here the 64-bit net installer and then install all packages from within the package manager (Admin), it will take time to install all other packages or you select what you need, I do always all packages though.
After installation, MikTex should ship with bibtex and biblatex packages, you should be able to show the current MikTex version from TexStudio if you go to Help -> Check LaTeX installation.