Hello,
Apparently there has been auto-completion for a while but it worked so
unobtrusively I wasn't even aware it was there. I certainly never saw
a pop-up window when I typed a command until I installed 1.6a18.
I am about to go back to the last stable release, but thought I would
try to help resolve these issues first, since I'm sure I'll end up
wanting to use the eventual final 1.6 release. It would sure be nice
if that would allow disabling of auto-completion since I was doing
just fine without it and never wished there was such a feature. Auto-
completion without an automatic pop-up might be useful...
Anyway, I installed FB 1.6a18 (to try and help debug issue #1275 which
has plagued me since I started using FB last year), and now the
command line is practically unusable. I cannot type anything without
the annoying pop-up appearing, and although it promises a response to
"TAB and arrow keys", neither tab nor arrow keys do anything. Nor does
Esc close the pop-up, which from browsing the FB AutoComplete code it
appears it should do. I can only use the mouse to select things,
because the command line loses keyboard focus (who knows where it
goes...).
Since I seem to be among the few people that experience issue #1275
(and other problems where the console eventually dies or doesn't work
as expected), I wonder if the issue I'm having with auto-completion
could share a common cause, since it also appears to work for most
people. Despite the glitches I've experienced, the last version of FB
(honestly I'm not sure what version I used, but it has been frequently
updated and I assume it was the most recent) was at least a useful
tool for me.
Once I manage to get "console.log" entered on the command line, and
try a command like "console.log('hey');", I press Enter and the
console displays "undefined" in the white-on-grey rectangle.
Interestingly, if I then click "All" (which already appeared to be
selected) in the new log-level-selector toolbar, I then see more
normal output on the console. Not only does it echo back the command I
"typed" (as expected), it even says "hey" as requested. But on the
line below "hey" is that "undefined" block again. In fact, it seems
that any command I enter for the console object (log, dir), results in
"undefined" appearing on the last line after the expected output. If I
just select "console" and press Enter, I get 'Object { firebug="1.6X.
0a18", userObjects=}' and then the prompt, with no "undefined", just
as I'd expect.
I'm using Firefox 3.6.8 on Ubuntu 09.10. I was using the (somewhat
glitchy) Compiz window manager, but after reading the recent thread
where someone was inquiring about disabling auto-completion, I thought
I'd better go back to the standard Gnome WM, Metacity, but no luck.
I'm still unable to use FB 1.6a18.
I have disabled ALL other FF extensions, and tried completely removing
FB and restarting FF before re-installing 1.6a18.
Any suggestions/requests on how I can help someone to help me resolve
this?
Thanks,
Eric
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