Improve the Advanced Query Editor

[TaylorClark]

Add better static analysis, IntelliSense, and general formatting abilities (like allowing tabs) in the "Advanced" editor

[nasir_shaikh1]

Already 2018 has started, when are you planning to implement this feature. Your deadline was 2 years back

[fbcideas_migusr]

It gets to be a hassle writing the code in Notepad++ so I can make sure brackets are in the right place and words are automatically filled out to only copy and paste it into Power BI and tells me something is wrong. Would be great if the Power Query editor acted more the Mgmt Studio.

[carl_hunter1]

Hi, is there any update to this? The M advanced editor in its current form is pretty awful!

[wajid_noor]

what happened to this Idea? You gave a rough timeline of end of 2016 and it's almost half of 2018 but no improvements yet?

[Mathew101]

Amazing started almost two years ago. This must be so fantastic when it finally comes out... 😜 But on a more proper tone. Please this is vital. We also need this on the Excel version of power query

[bsacheri1]

The current editor has a lot to be desired. It's annoying when I click my cursor between characters and drag the mouse to select text that the selection starting and ending positions jump to include more. It's like it's forcing me to select a "word" but it's never what I want. The best editor I've founds so far is Notepad++ with the M language formatting. Here is more info about it: https://ssbi-blog.de/technical-topics-english/power-query-editor-using-notepad/

[jakob_kornum]

Very important feature indeed. An autoformatting function would also be greatly appreciated.

[raynokellerman]

Looking forward! The added value is to see all the available options into categories. Better for learning Someone created a interesting view, (If I could remember the author who produced the example, I would plug the author's website ) https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiYjhhNTczYWUtN2MyOS00ZjkxLWI2ZWYtOWU2NjYwMGIxZWVhIiwidCI6IjIzMWRkOWNkLWRkYzctNGZiYS1hZTc4LTlmNGFjM2M5MTJlNyIsImMiOjN9

[9188040d-6c6121]

"Before the end of 2016...." I think we are a bit past 2016.... 🙂

[chaos]

It just made it to the Advanced Editor as a preview feature which is fantastic. Unfortunately looks like it needs some more work. It's so slow and causes so much lag it's unusable. I have 6 cores, 64G and nothing else running. At least it's a start! Thanks.