On 2010-07-11 23:38, John J Barton wrote:
On Jul 11, 7:38 pm, Nicolas Hatier<[email protected]> wrote:
On 2010-07-07 10:39, John J Barton wrote:
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In 1.6a17 the preselected completion list candidate will be the
shortest one among those offered. That way if you hit enter in the
case above you will get "win". If you want "window" you will have to
either type "d' or cycle the completions.
Sorry for chiming in four days later, but I think that issue could be
avoided by NOT starting the autocomplete mode before a specific action
is posed. I understand the issue about the old autocompletion not being
noticed, but consider that sequence:
- type "win"
- autocompletion list pops up (but NONE is selected, only "win" can be
read in the command line)
In my version, the list does not pop-up. The command line reads
"window" with win typed and "dow" selected as the completion.
Well, it pops-up for "w" but disappears shortly after as there is no
other candidates. So let's change the example with "resize".
This sequence is not what I currently get with autocomplete, but what I
humbly think I SHOULD get.
Let me rewrite that sequence correctly. a) is what I currently get, and
b) is what I think I should get
Type "resize".
a) a pop-up is displayed, "resizeTo" is selected in the pop-up and the
"missing letters" ("To") are added, to the command line (inline
autocomplete)
b) a pop-up is displayed, but no entry selected, and no inline
autocomplete is shown
Type Enter
a) "resize" is used and eval()'d
b) Same
(back to previous step, "resize")
Type Up, Down
a) "resizeBy" is selected and inline autocomplete is shown
b) "resizeTo" is selected (as there was no selection before) and inline
autocomplete is NOT shown
Type Escape
a) pop-up is hidden, inline autocomplete is removed
a) pop-up is hidden. inline autocomplete was not visible
(back to previous step, "resizeTo")
Type one of Enter, dot, space, probably any non-word character key
a) Enter: evals "resize". Other character: gives "resize" + that character
b) Command line becomes "resizeTo" and cursor is placed at the right of
the word. If it makes sense (like when a dot is pressed), pop-up menu is
shown with new candidate list but no selection.
In short, no inline autocomplete, only by pop-up. You don't need to
display two times the same info (selection in pop-up and inline
autocomplete is the same info). And there's no selection in pop-up until
you press up or down (add Tab to that list if you think it makes sense).
With that behavior, autocomplete is not in the way, and behaves
intuitively (well, this is relative, but this is the behavior I'm used to).
Then, removing the Tab key from the autocomplete cycle list would make
it available back to the accessibility features to navigate from field
to field.
Nicolas
- you type enter -> "win".
In my version you type Enter, the completion is window, and the
command is evaluated as window.
- or, you press up or down to begin the autocomplete cycle
- you type enter, dot, space, right key, tab? (probably any non-word
character in fact, not sure) -> the currently selected word is used. If
you pressed dot, the autocompletion list pops up with the new
possibilities, but still no entry selected
- or you type escape, the autocomplete mode stops and the list is hidden.
For me, autocomplete is very useful, but you have to decide if you want
to implement inline autocomplete (no pop-up menu, candidate being
written in selected text as we type) or pop-up autocomplete (pop-up
menu, no post-cursor selected text). Now you have both at once, and it
causes various usability problems.
Maybe adding a firebug option to disable autocomplete alltogether would
also be salutary for the rare use cases where it gets in the way.
I don't want to have to support the option. The current options in
Firebug are a huge headache for me. Bug triage becomes a game of 20
questions by email. We need to work on the autocomplete algorithm
until it works well or we should just remove it altogether.
jjb
Nicolas
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