How to make a globals dictionary with autocomplete?

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Godot Version

4.2

Question

I have a globals.gd that is loaded as a singleton/autoload.
on that globals.gd I have a dictionary:

var nodes = {  
    "special_node": null  
}

Then I have another script, special.gd that is a class_name

class_name SpecialNode  

func _init():
    Globals.nodes.special_node = self

func magic():  
    pass

Then on another script I can call a function:

func _ready():
    Globals.nodes.special_node.magic()

###############################
It all works just as I want, the setback that I have is that there’s no autocomplete.
I can type Globals.nodes. with autocomplete, but after that the editor doesn’t know that I have a “special_node” on the dictionary. After that I would also like the editor to autocomplete all the way “Globals.nodes.special_node.magic”, so up to the function.

What change do I need to do on the globals.gd “nodes” dictionary, so that I can get autocomplete?

2

I don’t think that is possible, here is a related issue:

3

Unfortunately, dictionaries don’t offer type support, so autocompletion won’t work for them.
If you want to rely on autocompletion, you could instead use a class:

# my_nodes_class.gd
extends RefCounted
class_name MyNodes

var special_node : Node

Your singleton script could then look like this:

# globals.gd
var nodes := MyNodes.new()

And in your special.gd script, you could then do the same as you did before,
but this time it autocompletes the nodes.special_node member:

# special.gd
class_name SpecialNode

func _init():
    Globals.nodes.special_node = self
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4

I’ve tried that, and what you say makes sense, but somehow I still don’t get autocomplete.
After typing “Globals.nodes.s” no suggestion comes up.

5

Are you sure you defined the type of the nodes variable in your globals script?

If you followed the answer you got, your globals script should look something like this:

var nodes := MyNodes.new()

or

var nodes: MyNodes = MyNodes.new()