On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 9:16 PM, Arthur Prokosch <proko...@umich.edu> wrote: > Hi all, > > Coming from a unix background, I'd really like to be able to use the <tab> > key within the Query Tool's editor box to bring up autocompletions. It's > documented even though the feature seems to be long-dead. Can this be fixed?
Not easily, unfortunately. > According to the documentation I find at > http://www.pgadmin.org/docs/1.8/query.html > that should be possible: "You can optionally enable the Tab key to activate > the autocomplete feature as well - the can be done on the options dialog." > But there's nothing apropos in the options dialog, nor any relevant registry > keys or values matching "tab." > > So, I dig into git - pgadmin3.git via the web interface. ctlSQLBox.cpp:162 > only sets up Ctrl-Space as an accelerator. But -- commit > 525c9fc7825f3d3f1b0b02c4444b2f9bdbc34178 from 2009 nuked the feature as well > as the configuration for it. Updated the docs for the configuration screen > itself but not the general query box docs. > > I'd love it if tab-completion could be restored, but the commit I referenced > makes that sound hard. So failing that, can the documentation be well and > truly expunged? I've pushed a fix for it. Thanks for the heads up! -- Dave Page Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com Twitter: @pgsnake EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgadmin-support mailing list (pgadmin-support@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgadmin-support
