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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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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Zyxel Router autocomplete password form not working
This is related to my Zyxel router where I tried everything to show the save password prompt in browser but does not work, I have tried with both Edge and Chrome and in private browser sessions also, ...
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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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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 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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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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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 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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set colored-stats ignores $LS_COLORS
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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
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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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How do I remove speech popup on VS Code Intelli sense autocomplete keyboard shortcut?
How do I get this Speech Accessibility popup from getting in the way of my VS Code intelli-sense autocompletion on Mac (Ventura 13.1) every time I press the OPTION + ESC.
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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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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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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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Get URL autocomplete to match around subdomain
A variety of sites that I use have the company name behind a subdomain, e.g.
app.asana.com
<mycompany>.salesforce.com
mail.protonmail.com
<mycompany>.latticehq.com
I'd like to be able to ...
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Autocomplete text
Here's a doubt, there is a tool that has the autocomplete function (such as https://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/60998-autocomplete-12/) with the addition that if I start to write another word and I ...
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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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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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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 add custom words to the suggested list in the text prediction feature in Windows 10?
I use the text prediction feature in Windows 10:
How can I add custom words to the suggested list?
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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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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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Disable/remove “Switch to This Tab” suggestions in Chrome/Brave omnibar?
It annoys me that when I type in the omnibar for Brave or Chrome, that among my suggested automatic completions are catfish results that upon selection change my tab.
Is there any way, such as by ...
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How to get Visual Studio like IntelliSense completion in Visual Studio Code?
Let's say I am typing import matplotlib.pyplot. In Visual Studio, if I press space once the dropdown appears, it autocompletes the pyplot part and inserts a space after. Or when the name of a function ...
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Poetry completion is not working in macOS Monterey
On a pristine macOS I followed the steps listed here ending with a .zshrc file like this:
export PATH="/Users/canciobello/Library/Python/3.9/bin:$PATH"
fpath+=~/.zfunc
compinit
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How does one auto-complete forms in Microsoft Edge in Microsoft 10 21H2?
How does one auto-complete forms in Microsoft Edge in Microsoft 10 21H2?
When I click on an auto-completion entry, nothing happens:
Using Edge Version 99.0.1150.46 (Official build) (64-bit). Auto-...
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compgen on zsh returns a different result than on bash
I am trying to make bash completions work properly in zsh.
I am aware of the need to load these in ~/.zshrc:
autoload -Uz +X compinit && compinit
autoload -Uz +X bashcompinit && ...
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Pressing Tab Key in Terminal Enters a Space Instead of Triggering Autocomplete
First time asking on this site, please let me know if I can improve the question :)
I'm helping a student configure her mac development environment.
We've got zsh setup, which I believe should come ...
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Using git completion inside function
I use ZSH and have git completions working, provided by brew install git (installed to /opt/homebrew/share/zsh/site-functions).
If I git commit [TAB], it will autocomplete paths which have been ...
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Windows PowerShell keeps autocompleting with the SendTo folder in the home directory
I'm using PowerShell on Windows 10. When I type ls in my home folder, the only folder that starts with an s is a folder called source. When I type cd s and then press the tab key, PowerShell ...
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Toggle autocomplete in Visual Studio Code (not permanently turn off)
Hopefully this is the proper forum for this question...
I've searched the web to no avail - every link I find details turning autocomplete permanently off. Is there some way to toggle autocomplete on ...
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How to remove leading file path information from fish shell tab-complete suggestions?
Using fish, typing ls <tab> in an example directory, the terminal displays:
$ ls
bar/ dir/ foo/
Continuing with d<tab><tab> this becomes:
$ ls dir/
dir/moredir/ dir/otherdir/ ...
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Autocomplete commands not working gnome 40
When I start typing a command, the terminal gives me suggestions from previous commands. But when I press the tab key it says: zsh: do you wish to see all 3536 possibilities (3536 lines)? Is there a ...
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How to add auto-completion for ZSH to any type of script without writing files and changing .zshrc?
I have a large codebase that will get cloned by every user to his own system before using it on a large HPC-cluster, where I do not have root-priviledges.
Some of the scripts are perl-, python- and ...
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Excel: Permanently disable/stop auto-increment when dragging down cells (drag-and-drop)
I'm working on a form with many rows that user need to fill. Often they drag down (drag-and-drop) cell values to popluate rows that have the same values over several rows. Auto-increment (see below), ...
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Why does Bash escape colon when autocompleting a filename?
When I press Tab in Bash so that it autocompletes a filename that contains a colon, the result of autocompletion escapes the colon. E.g. starting with the following (without executing the last line),
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How do I disable email address autocomplete in Lotus Notes 9
I currently use IBM Notes v9 Social Addition and I want to disable the email address autocomplete functionality to prevent emails being accidentally sent to the wrong recipient.
What is the best way ...
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Cannot auto-complete generic fields in Chromium when 1Password is enabled
I'm having this problem in forms not related with login, sign-up, buy, shipping...
For example, we have a ticket system based on Trac. When I have 1Password set as default password manager in MS Edge ...
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gtk-launch autocomplete is very slow
Am using zsh with zsh-completions on arch linux. Whenever i press tab after gtk-launch it takes very long (3-4 seconds) to load suggestions, even if i type a partial word. What could be the cause for ...
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Windows Terminal Autocomplete Freezes
On Windows terminal (Version: 1.6.10571.0) using bash, if my current input ends in ; and I hit [TAB], the terminal becomes unresponsive to user input for about 25 seconds. [CTRL] + [C] prints ^C to ...
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Contacts search on New Outlook on MacOS contact lost
When you compose a new email in the "New Outlook" UX on MacOS, in the "to" field I was finding a contact via autocomplete by typing the first few letters of their email and she ...
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Intellisense Autocomplete for C# Not Working After Installing Node.js Development
I've been using Visual Studio 2019 with only C# desktop development and
to type "public int" I pressed p, u, [space bar], i, n, [space bar], and that was all.
After installing Node.js ...
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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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Google Search Autofill/complete Disable
Similar question here
When typing in Google Search Bar (Chrome or google.com) the search bar will autocomplete based on previous searches (example below). I would like to disable this.
For example:
I ...
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Excel column autocomplete
I have a question about Excel and I am not able to find a solution. It seems a basic issue but somehow it looks more complicated than I thought.
I have a column where I want the value to increase by +...
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Tab Autocomplete does not work in windows CMD when remoting into machine using WINRS - WINRM
When inside a basic windows cmd prompt doing something like cd <TAB> will start auto-completion; However, when I connect to a remote machine using winrs the <TAB> key simply inserts a tab ...
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Outlook auto-complete not resolving properly
Using Outlook 365 on Exchange server, auto-complete recently started behaving erratically. Many times, when I select a suggestion after typing a name, either by clicking or hitting enter, it does not ...
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Is user defined automatic completion possible in PuTTY?
I have often to enter the same strings in PuTTy. Is there a way to teach PuTTY to auto replace a short string with its long version, e.g. to convert "pcname" into "pcname.very-long-...
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configure browser url autocompletion
My company's intranet has url "http://jira/J######" for Jira case J######, for example, case J123456's url is actually http://jira/J123456.
Is it possible to configure chrome or IE or any ...
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Windows Terminal with git-sdk autocomplete for git doesn't work
I am using git-sdk in my Windows Terminal. "profiles"/"list" entry for it looks like this:
{
"guid": "{00000000-0000-0000-ba54-000000000002}",
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