diff --git a/docs/book/view-helpers.md b/docs/book/view-helpers.md
index b7e1545f..df6edf95 100644
--- a/docs/book/view-helpers.md
+++ b/docs/book/view-helpers.md
@@ -8,6 +8,30 @@ behaviors for you.
 
 See the section on \[view helpers\](zend.view.helpers) for more information.
 
+> ### IDE auto-completion in templates
+>
+> The `Zend\Form\View\HelperTrait` trait can be used to provide auto-completion
+> for modern IDEs. It defines the aliases of the view helpers in a DocBlock as
+> `@method` tags.
+>
+> #### Usage
+>
+> In order to allow auto-completion in templates, `$this` variable should be
+> type-hinted via a DocBlock at the top of your template. It is recommended that
+> you always add the `Zend\View\Renderer\PhpRenderer` as the first type, so that
+> the IDE can auto-suggest the default view helpers from `zend-view`. Next,
+> chain the `HelperTrait` from `zend-form` with a pipe symbol (a.k.a. vertical
+> bar) `|`:
+> ```php
+> /**
+>  * @var Zend\View\Renderer\PhpRenderer|Zend\Form\View\HelperTrait $this
+>  */
+> ```
+>
+> You may chain as many `HelperTrait` traits as you like, depending on view
+> helpers from which Zend Framework component you are using and would like to
+> provide auto-completion for.
+
 ## Standard Helpers
 
 ## HTML5 Helpers
diff --git a/src/View/HelperTrait.php b/src/View/HelperTrait.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f7069279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/View/HelperTrait.php
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @see       https://github.com/zendframework/zend-form for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2018 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @license   https://github.com/zendframework/zend-form/blob/master/LICENSE.md New BSD License
+ */
+
+namespace Zend\Form\View;
+
+use IntlDateFormatter;
+use Zend\Form\ElementInterface;
+use Zend\Form\FormInterface;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\Captcha\Dumb;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\Captcha\Figlet;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\Captcha\Image;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\Captcha\ReCaptcha;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\Form;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormButton;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormCaptcha;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormCheckbox;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormCollection;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormColor;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormDate;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormDateSelect;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormDateTime;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormDateTimeLocal;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormDateTimeSelect;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormElement;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormElementErrors;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormEmail;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormFile;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormHidden;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormImage;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormInput;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormLabel;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormMonth;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormMonthSelect;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormMultiCheckbox;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormNumber;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormPassword;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormRadio;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormRange;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormReset;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormRow;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormSearch;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormSelect;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormSubmit;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormTel;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormText;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormTextarea;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormTime;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormUrl;
+use Zend\Form\View\Helper\FormWeek;
+
+// @codingStandardsIgnoreStart
+
+/**
+ * Helper trait for auto-completion of code in modern IDEs.
+ *
+ * The trait provides convenience methods for view helpers,
+ * defined by the zend-form component. It is designed to be used
+ * for type-hinting $this variable inside zend-view templates via doc blocks.
+ *
+ * The base class is PhpRenderer, followed by the helper trait from
+ * the zend-form component. However, multiple helper traits from different
+ * Zend Framework components can be chained afterwards.
+ *
+ * @example @var \Zend\View\Renderer\PhpRenderer|\Zend\Form\View\HelperTrait $this
+ *
+ * @method string|Form form(FormInterface|null $form = null)
+ * @method string|FormButton formButton(ElementInterface|null $element = null, string|null $buttonContent = null)
+ * @method string|FormCaptcha formCaptcha(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|Dumb formCaptchaDumb(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|Figlet formCaptchaFiglet(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|Image formCaptchaImage(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|ReCaptcha formCaptchaRecaptcha(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|FormCheckbox formCheckbox(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|FormCollection formCollection(ElementInterface|null $element = null, bool $wrap = true)
+ * @method string|FormColor formColor(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|FormDate formDate(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|FormDateTime formDateTime(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|FormDateTimeLocal formDateTimeLocal(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|FormDateTimeSelect formDateTimeSelect(ElementInterface|null $element = null, int $dateType = IntlDateFormatter::LONG, int|null|string $timeType = IntlDateFormatter::LONG, string|null $locale = null)
+ * @method string|FormDateSelect formDateSelect(ElementInterface $element = null, $dateType = IntlDateFormatter::LONG, $locale = null)
+ * @method string|FormElement formElement(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|FormElementErrors formElementErrors(ElementInterface|null $element = null, array $attributes = [])
+ * @method string|FormEmail formEmail(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|FormFile formFile(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string formFileApcProgress(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string formFileSessionProgress(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string formFileUploadProgress(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|FormHidden formHidden(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|FormImage formImage(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|FormInput formInput(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|FormLabel formLabel(ElementInterface|null $element = null, string|null $labelContent = null, string|null $position = null)
+ * @method string|FormMonth formMonth(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|FormMonthSelect formMonthSelect(ElementInterface|null $element = null, int $dateType = IntlDateFormatter::LONG, string|null $locale = null)
+ * @method string|FormMultiCheckbox formMultiCheckbox(ElementInterface|null $element = null, string|null $labelPosition = null)
+ * @method string|FormNumber formNumber(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|FormPassword formPassword(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|FormRadio formRadio(ElementInterface|null $element = null, string|null $labelPosition = null)
+ * @method string|FormRange formRange(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|FormReset formReset(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|FormRow formRow(ElementInterface|null $element = null, string|null $labelPosition = null, bool|null $renderErrors = null, string|null $partial = null)
+ * @method string|FormSearch formSearch(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|FormSelect formSelect(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|FormSubmit formSubmit(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|FormTel formTel(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|FormText formText(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|FormTextarea formTextarea(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|FormTime formTime(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|FormUrl formUrl(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ * @method string|FormWeek formWeek(ElementInterface|null $element = null)
+ */
+trait HelperTrait
+{
+}
+// @codingStandardsIgnoreEnd