What does the red/green arrows in autocompletion in IntelliJ/WebStorm etc. mean?

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In IntelliJ or in this example WebStorm, it shows these icons next to the function or other code autocompletions:

You can see a green arrow pointing upwards on some items and a red one pointing downwards on the one below. Also the first entry has a grey star. Some items have no such prefix/indicator at all.

What do these mean?

WebStorm 2025.2.0.1

rugk · Accepted Answer · 2025-08-26 14:30:31Z

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I found the solution in this official IntelliJ documentation (WebStorm): It's a featured called Sort suggestions based on Machine Learning.

Here is the documentation for IntelliJ Idea on it.

You can also disable these markers if you do not like them in the settings for code completion: settings screen for code completion

The grey star for the "most relevant item" also belongs it to it, BTW.

answered Aug 26 at 14:30

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