# Intellisense Descriptions

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [October 4, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/intellisense-descriptions/64818 "2022-10-04T20:19:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![awaege1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/awaege1/32/28922_2.png) [@awaege1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/awaege1)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/intellisense-descriptions/64818/1 "2022-10-04T20:19:22Z")

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In the new 8.1.20 version where we now have intellisense for scripts in the script library, is there a way to populate the descriptions in the intellisense bubbles using some type of special header format?

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**Author:** ![thecesrom.git](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@thecesrom.git](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/thecesrom.git)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/intellisense-descriptions/64818/2 "2022-10-04T20:43:05Z")

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I believe you would have to add a _docstring_ to your functions.

For `incendium` I use the [Google standard for Python2](https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions/example_google.html), which allows me to get the following:

 ![Screen Shot 2022-10-04 at 13.38.45](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/b/1b24dbdc4d7616da9bcbbf4b80d08b2f136a3385.png)

My best guess is that the people behind this feature just render whatever they find, but PyCharm gives you the following options for formatting your docstrings: Plain, Epytext, reStructuredText, Numpy, and Google. Which look something like the ones in this SO answer:

> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3898572/what-are-the-most-common-python-docstring-formats/24385103#24385103>

Choose the one you like, and you'll (most likely) be set.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/intellisense-descriptions/64818/3 "2022-10-04T20:45:07Z")

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In an upcoming release we're hoping to parse the Google format directly for typehints and the like, to enrich the provided hints for user scoped stuff.