https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161588

--- Comment #14 from SY <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to ady from comment #11)
This means that, in order to have the flexibility that users expect
> from a spreadsheet tool, the AutoInput feature would have to include some
> kind of option, so the user would select whether to automatically accept the
> suggestion (by [ENTER]), or instead to automatically reject the suggestion
> (by [ENTER]). I admit I don't recall whether such option already exists
> somewhere.

Using enter to accept the suggestion would be manually, not automatically
accepting it.  I think that both the ENTER and TAB should accept the suggestion
and canceling edit mode in any way should automatically reject it.

I don't see how this negatively impacts users who want to quickly enter the
same values into cells, as you're already using either ENTER or TAB to navigate
to the next cell; but sure, making it configurable is always best.

The core issue is that the current behavior is non-standard (this is the only
auto-complete feature I know of that auto-accepts suggestions like this) and
obtrusive (it forces suggestions on the user unless they manually delete them).

It seems obvious to me that this was implemented this way not as a deliberate
design choice, but rather out of convenience - it's a lot easier to implement
an auto-complete that just types out the suggestion and selects that text (so
the user can manually delete it) than it is to implement a proper system that
gives suggestions and allows the user to accept them, inputting that text.

Ultimately I think the system should be reworked to bring it up to par with
competing software and add features like selecting from a list of suggestions
and the ability to edit the suggestions list and what kinds of things can be
added to that list.

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