Questions tagged [autocomplete]

A feature where a program proposes the user to complete a text input based on what the user started to type. Autocomplete proposes the most likely string input.

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Excel - is there a solution for autocomplete in dropdowns?

I know this feature was introduced to Excel and removed since it was buggy. It's working in Excel online but VBA doesn't, and I need it too. I am looking for ideas to get the same functionality ...
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Firefox 57 Not Asking To Save Passwords (certain sites only)

According to this, https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3868299/is-autocomplete-off-compatible-with-all-modern-browsers/21348793#21348793, browsers ignore autocomplete="off" for login/password fields. ...
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Many commands are not found by zsh

If I tab autocomplete, most of the time I get errors: If I do vim [TAB] to look for the files in the folder, it just jumps to the next command line. If I try to execute rvm use 2.0.0 --default I get ...
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How can I autofill the "ID" field on Chrome?

I fill out a form occasionally and want to be faster because signups fill rapidly. How do I get autofill for the ID field circled below? Chrome already does autocomplete for everything else (name, ...
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How can fzf's command history search always be shown, automatically and without CTRL-R?

With fzf you can press CTRL-R to have a command history search box shown below the prompt and fuzzy search. I want it shown automatically for each new prompt, without having to press CTRL-R.
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How do I migrate my autocomplete list from Windows Mail to Thunderbird?

I am in a difficult position. I am trying to switch to using Thunderbird, but my major problem is that I don't have a real address book because I relied heavily on the address autocomplete. I don't ...
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How can I complete individual command line phrases / do partial completion with fzf?

With fzf I can press CTRL-R to search my command history but it completes the whole command. What I'd like is to just complete the current argument, the next phrase before the next space. Can this be ...
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How can I efficiently select a text prediction given by Windows' text suggestions feature?

I currently select a text prediction given by Windows' text suggestions feature via the mouse, or with the arrow key followed by ENTER. This is very inefficient. How can I efficiently (= by pressing ...
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Change keyboard shortcut for autocomplete on Mac OS

I just found out that Mac OS has a builtin autocomplete functionality that works in many places, triggered by the keyboard shortcut option-esc. However, this shortcut is very bad - I'd like to be able ...
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ZSH autolearn completition plugin

Is there something like "autolearn" command/plugin for zsh? By this I mean when I type command option option1 ... and zsh don't know about options for this particular command I want zsh to remember ...
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Disable syntax highlight in Notepad++ but keep autocompletion enabled [duplicate]

I want to fully disable syntax highlight in Notepad++ but keep autocompletion and auto-closing HTML tags enabled. How can I disable only syntax highlight? Edit: I want to do this for only one or few ...
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How to config YouCompleteMe for C language?

Recently, I installed YouCompleteMe and I'm new user in it. I read installation instructions from this link: http://valloric.github.io/YouCompleteMe. Now, I can use it for python and etc, but I can't ...
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Delete all autocomplete entries in Google Chrome

I want to remove all autocomplete entries in Google Chrome, and start from scratch. That is, I do not want to turn off autocomplete entirely, but rather: Remove all the existing stored autocomplete ...
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zsh: Autocomplete ambigously only on second tab press

Currently, when I hit TAB, and there's more than one option to autocomplete, zsh will show all of them. If I hit TAB a second time, it will pick the first. I'd like to change this to: First TAB: Do ...
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Outlook: Autoremove unused addresses from autocomplete

I want to prevent selecting the incorrect email address when composing messages. Microsoft Outlook's autocomplete feature aids me in achieving this goal by preventing typos that might occur if I had ...
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Is there a way to make Nano support auto-complete and auto-bracket closing?

Does anyone know if there's a way to make nano support auto-complete and auto-bracket closing?
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How to type after auto complete in XLS?

When I type something, the regular Excel autocomplete suggests a match. If I click enter it completes and exits the cell. Just using a right arrow exits as well. Can I accept the auto complete and go ...
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Remove suggestion from Firefox autocomplete in URL input field

I'm absolutely staggered to have such a hard time finding an answer to this. Now, to make this clear, I am not talking about any of the entries in the dropdown that pops up once you type something ...
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Windows start menu's autocomplete keystrokes?

From the Windows 10 desktop, without mousing, I can launch the default app for e.g. c:\fooooo\barrrr.jpg by typing <windows logo>c:\fo <tab> shift+<tab> \bar <tab> shift+<...
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How to add an text entry to automatically complete a form in Google Chrome?

In Google Chrome, when I type something to an textbox, such as my email address or an username for a website, Chrome remembers it. The next time I log in to that website, I just type some first letter ...
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How do i prevent websites from appearing in autocomplete in terminal?

I am running MacOS if it matters I am new to terminal and work in a lab at my uni, we have a server where we ssh into from our laptops. I am using ZSH as my shell and have no plugins besides git ...
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Autocomplete filepath or show suggestions when adding file using git in zsh

Let's say following is the output of my git status command. On branch LG-201 Your branch is up to date with 'origin/LG-201'. Changes not staged for commit: (use "git add <file>..." ...
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MacOS 14.1 autocompleting in American (I'm in the UK)

This issue affects all native text apps (Notes, TextEdit and Mail). It does NOT affect Safari. Nor does it affect Notes and Mail on iPadOS (17.1) (that's still in the UK) I can't recall when I first ...
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Is there a way to have Teams auto-complete email addresses outside your domain?

I am the Microsoft 365 admin of my (small) organization. We have Teams meetings these days, mostly with people outside the org (gmail/etc addresses). I have added all these email addresses to the ...
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Windows Terminal Autocomplete Freezes after Semicolon

On Windows Terminal using WSL 2 + bash, if my current input ends in ; and I hit [TAB], that tab terminal becomes unresponsive to user input for about 25 seconds. [CTRL] + [C] prints ^C to the screen, ...
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How to delay tooltip and change autocomplete key in Visual Studio 2022 (17.3)

Using Visual Studio 2022 (v17.3) Community Edition. I would like to customize my experience by: Changing the default "accept" key for autocomplete suggestions from Tab to Space Change the ...
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Another Bracket Script issue

I use AutoHotKey to autocomplete all kind of brackets in the following way: typing ( gives ( -> opening brace bracket only typing (( gives () -> open & close brace with input ...
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How do you bind double tap key in Oh My Zsh?

I'm trying to bind double tab to "autosuggest-accept" from the auto suggest plugin: https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions Having to press right arrow to accept suggestion is a bit ...
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How to remove suggested accounts from Thunderbird's dropdown list of From: accounts?

I am a Thunderbird email client user. I recently changed my ISP and therefore the email addresses. From wikipedia: An email address such as [email protected] is made up of a local-part, an @ ...
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Sublime-Text-style autocomplete in Word?

I know that Word has a built-in autocomplete function. As far as I know, though, apart from dates, if I want a particular word to come up as a suggestion, I need to have it saved as an auto text. Is ...
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In Firefox, stop autocomplete when entering URL

I have been doing some local web development and have been using the web address http://127.0.0.1:8000 extensively. But for the life of me, when I enter this address into the URL bar, I can no longer ...
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How can I increase the number of words suggested by the text prediction feature in Windows 10?

I use the text prediction feature in Windows 10: How can I increase number of words suggested by the text prediction feature in Windows 10?
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How can I use Dragon Professional Individual along with Windows 10's text prediction feature?

I use the text prediction feature in Windows 10: It seems to prevent Dragon Professional Individual 15.6 from transcribing my speech into the current field. How can I use Dragon Professional ...
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Bash _cd Autocomplete to Start from Directory

I want to cd to some directory within /long/path/name/. I would like a function cd2 that Takes an argument cds to /long/path/name/$argument And autocompletes from cd2 <tab><tab> as if I ...
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How to have Zsh completion menu and use glob patterns + recursive search?

I have the following setup for zsh completion autoload -U compinit && compinit zstyle ':completion:*' menu select zstyle ':completion:*' complete-options true setopt GLOB_COMPLETE zstyle ':...
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how do I delete an autocomplete suggestion in firefox macos

I use Cyberchef quite often, not often enough to have a visible bookmark on the useless bar. So I often go to the search bar and type in cyb and hit downarrow and enter. But at some unknown point the ...
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Chrome: Override autocomplete=off for text field on web form

I regularly need to fill in a form on our intranet but the devs for an unknown reason have disabled autocomplete on some of the text fields. This means I have to repeatedly type in entries. I have ...
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How to accept LibreOffice Calc autocomplete suggestion without leaving the cell edit mode?

Whenever I start typing a sentence in a LibreOfice Calc cell it suggests autocomplete options based on other cells contents. I usually would like to accept it and make a slight modification but when I ...
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Vim completion - always suppress the newline after I select a suggestion with the Enter key

Sometimes, after I select a suggestion (from the completion pop-up that appears when pressing Ctrl-N) using the Enter key, Vim will insert a newline and the cursor will be moved to the following line. ...
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set colored-stats ignores $LS_COLORS

Problem I am trying to make auto-completed files be colored according to $LS_COLORS in bash. But autocompletion ignores my $LS_COLORS variable and gets color values from some-place else. Setting I ...
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Vim: use tab key for autocompletion with Autocomplpop plugin

I'm using basic autocompletion in Vim along with the Autocomplpop plugin, which automatically shows available completions when I start typing. Once I've typed enough to narrow down the list to the ...
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Outlook's autocomplete isn't working for only a couple of addresses

So I'm following this article to get autocomplete working: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/troubleshoot/contacts/autocomplete-not-working-correctly-in-outlook-2010#if-you-have-a-microsoft-...
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Opera 11: Disable "suggestions" in search box

After installing Opera 11 I want to disable Search Suggestions. Right next to the address bar is a search box. When I start typing anything into it, after a moment search suggestions appear. So, ...
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Remove ZLE commands from zsh autocomplete

I've set up zsh completion to be case-insensitive, and I use the autocd option, so when I type downl<Tab><Enter> I will cd Downloads/. Great! However, if I just type dow, zsh will instead ...
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NeoVim coc.nvim enter key doesn't work to autocomplete

Recently I rewrote my NeoVim config file from vim script to lua and everything is working fine, but I have one issue. When I'm using coc.nvim for autocompletion and I select something, hit enter, ...
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Disabling package for certain file types in Sublime Text?

I've been using TabNine for autocompletion. It provides autocomplete for many languages. Now I'm trying out Kite which autocompletes only Python. If I didn't disable TabNine, then the TabNine ...
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prevent PowerShell autocomplete from adding dot prefix

I understand why PowerShell requires that I prefix a command foo.exe with .\foo.exe when I run it. So if I am typing a command fo and hit Tab, autocomplete changes what I typed to .\foo.exe. I can ...
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Chrome: Address bar autocomplete changes sporadically

I frequently search Wikipedia on Chrome by opening a new tab, typing just "w" into the address bar, and then using tab-to-search with autocomplete to open the Wikipedia search. I ...
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Enable autocomplete in an sqlite3 interactive shell

I am using sqlite3 on a machine where I can use tab completion (ie .read abc will autocomplete to .read abcdefghij.db. I would like to know how to enable this on my personal machine. Both machines ...
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How can I disable trending searches in Desktop Chrome (Win 10)?

When I click on the Google address bar in a new tab, it automatically and immediately displays trending searches, like this: How can I disable this feature? I know it is possible to disable trending ...

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