Transform code

You can prompt Gemini from the code editor for code suggestions to modify, optimize, or add code to your app as follows:

  1. To get the prompt input field, do one of the following from the code editor:
    • Right-click in the code editor and select Gemini > Generate code from the context menu.
    • Highlight code that you want Gemini to modify, right-click in the code editor, and select Gemini > Transform code from the context menu.
    • Press CTRL+\ (Command+\ on macOS).
  2. Prompt Gemini by describing how you want to modify or add to your code and press Enter. After Gemini processes your request, you should see a code diff. With the code diff, you can review and accept only the suggestions you want.

  3. Review the code diff and do one of the following:

    • Further modify the suggested code by clicking Refine and entering a new prompt.
    • Click Accept Changes to add the suggested changes to your code.

Things to try:

  • "Simplify this code"
  • "Make this code idiomatic"
  • "Generate a new function that does <description>"
  • "Add documentation for this code"