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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Google Autocomplete carried over from Azure to AWS VM despite different owner and hosting
I recently experienced the above, where a website that was typed into the browser of a Azure VM showed up as autocomplete option in a AWS VM (Yes, I have explicit permission to use both VMs). The VMs ...
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Where does Outlook store mail and autocomplete addresses in Microsoft Outlook for Mac?
About 2 years ago MS rolled out a new interface but it still resides under "Outlook 16". So if you search around for files or anything like that, it'll be referencing how "Old" ...
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How can I get my computer (macOS) to reference the proper spelling of medical terminology to enable proper autocorrect & spell check?
I am using MacOS and need to write documents which use a lot of medical terminology. Currently, the system detects many of these words as being incorrectly spelled (even when they are not), or invalid ...
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How to format zsh completion "interactive" menu?
It is usually relatively straightforward to format zsh completion system results e.g.,
zstyle ':completion:*:warnings' format ' %F{red}-- no matches found --%f'
When using the interactive menu mode (e....
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Excel - is there a solution for autocomplete in dropdowns?
I know this feature was introduced to Excel and removed since it was buggy. It's working in Excel online but VBA doesn't, and I need it too.
I am looking for ideas to get the same functionality ...
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How can I autofill the "ID" field on Chrome?
I fill out a form occasionally and want to be faster because signups fill rapidly. How do I get autofill for the ID field circled below? Chrome already does autocomplete for everything else (name, ...
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How can fzf's command history search always be shown, automatically and without CTRL-R?
With fzf you can press CTRL-R to have a command history search box shown below the prompt and fuzzy search. I want it shown automatically for each new prompt, without having to press CTRL-R.
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How can I complete individual command line phrases / do partial completion with fzf?
With fzf I can press CTRL-R to search my command history but it completes the whole command. What I'd like is to just complete the current argument, the next phrase before the next space. Can this be ...
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Disable syntax highlight in Notepad++ but keep autocompletion enabled [duplicate]
I want to fully disable syntax highlight in Notepad++ but keep autocompletion and auto-closing HTML tags enabled. How can I disable only syntax highlight?
Edit: I want to do this for only one or few ...
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Delete all autocomplete entries in Google Chrome
I want to remove all autocomplete entries in Google Chrome, and start from scratch.
That is, I do not want to turn off autocomplete entirely, but rather:
Remove all the existing stored autocomplete ...
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Outlook: Autoremove unused addresses from autocomplete
I want to prevent selecting the incorrect email address when composing messages.
Microsoft Outlook's autocomplete feature aids me in achieving this goal by preventing typos that might occur if I had ...
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Windows start menu's autocomplete keystrokes?
From the Windows 10 desktop, without mousing, I can launch the default app for e.g. c:\fooooo\barrrr.jpg by typing
<windows logo>c:\fo
<tab>
shift+<tab>
\bar
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shift+<...
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Autocomplete filepath or show suggestions when adding file using git in zsh
Let's say following is the output of my git status command.
On branch LG-201
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/LG-201'.
Changes not staged for commit:
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MacOS 14.1 autocompleting in American (I'm in the UK)
This issue affects all native text apps (Notes, TextEdit and Mail). It does NOT affect Safari. Nor does it affect Notes and Mail on iPadOS (17.1) (that's still in the UK)
I can't recall when I first ...
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How do i prevent websites from appearing in autocomplete in terminal?
I am running MacOS if it matters
I am new to terminal and work in a lab at my uni, we have a server where we ssh into from our laptops. I am using ZSH as my shell and have no plugins besides git ...
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