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 See the [zend-view helpers documentation](http://framework.zend.com/manual/current/en/modules/zend.view.helpers.html#zend-view-helpers)
 for more information.
 
+> ### IDE auto-completion in templates
+>
+> The `Zend\I18n\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-i18n` with a pipe symbol (a.k.a. vertical
+> bar) `|`:
+> ```php
+> /**
+>  * @var Zend\View\Renderer\PhpRenderer|Zend\I18n\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.
+
 ## CurrencyFormat Helper
 
 The `CurrencyFormat` view helper can be used to simplify rendering of localized
diff --git a/src/View/HelperTrait.php b/src/View/HelperTrait.php
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@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @see       https://github.com/zendframework/zend-i18n for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2018 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @license   https://github.com/zendframework/zend-i18n/blob/master/LICENSE.md New BSD License
+ */
+
+namespace Zend\I18n\View;
+
+use IntlDateFormatter;
+
+// @codingStandardsIgnoreStart
+
+/**
+ * Helper trait for auto-completion of code in modern IDEs.
+ *
+ * The trait provides convenience methods for view helpers,
+ * defined by the zend-i18n 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-i18n component. However, multiple helper traits from different
+ * Zend Framework components can be chained afterwards.
+ *
+ * @example @var \Zend\View\Renderer\PhpRenderer|\Zend\I18n\View\HelperTrait $this
+ *
+ * @method string currencyFormat(float $number, string|null $currencyCode = null, bool|null $showDecimals = null, string|null $locale = null, string|null $pattern = null)
+ * @method string dateFormat(\DateTime|int|array $date, int $dateType = IntlDateFormatter::NONE, int $timeType = IntlDateFormatter::NONE, string|null $locale = null, string|null $pattern = null)
+ * @method string numberFormat(int|float $number, int|null $formatStyle = null, int|null $formatType = null, string|null $locale = null, int|null $decimals = null, array|null $textAttributes = null)
+ * @method string plural(array|string $strings, int $number)
+ * @method string translate(string $message, string|null $textDomain = null, string|null $locale = null)
+ * @method string translatePlural(string $singular, string $plural, int $number, string|null $textDomain = null, string|null $locale = null)
+ */
+trait HelperTrait
+{
+}
+// @codingStandardsIgnoreEnd