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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 <tab> shift+<...
Camille Goudeseune's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
790 views

STS (Spring Tool Suite) doesn't autocomplete method parameters if they're instantiated using "var"

I'm currently using STS 4.6.1.RELEASE and JDK 11.0.7 with Content Assist enabled. I can reference attributes with var, e.g. in the code var customer = new Customer(); I can begin typing "cus..." and ...
Rasshu's user avatar
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3 votes
3 answers
2k views

How to auto-complete/auto-close brackets on Mac?

Some text editors for programming support auto-closing brackets. For example, on Jupyter Notebook or Jupyterlab for Python, given a line, say asdf wert xcvb If I double-click to highlight wert, ...
Hui Wang's user avatar
3 votes
3 answers
8k views

Change keyboard shortcut for autocomplete on Mac OS

I just found out that Mac OS has a builtin autocomplete functionality that works in many places, triggered by the keyboard shortcut option-esc. However, this shortcut is very bad - I'd like to be able ...
Edan Maor's user avatar
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1 vote
1 answer
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Tab in bash autocompletes from path, how can I extend it to also autocomplete from .bash_history?

I love path autocompletion, but one thing I miss is that if the last time I used a command was with a long set of arguments, and I want to repeat that (without writing a script), I can't type >...
Cris's user avatar
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3 votes
1 answer
2k views

Keyboard shortcut to select item from Excel autocomplete list

If I am entering some formula, the following dropdown appears: How to finish it with one keystroke? How to remember it? I've tried ENTER, Ctrl+ENTER, Shift+ENTER, the same combinations with SPACE, ...
Dims's user avatar
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2 votes
1 answer
4k views

How can I ignore autocomplete with a keyboard shortcut in Excel?

Let's say you type the following in Column A Row 1: 1| Brown Fox Now you hit Enter. If you type just Brown into Column A Row 2, you'll get autocomplete (assuming you haven't disabled it): 1| Brown ...
Bort's user avatar
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0 votes
1 answer
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Prevent deleting newly typed url's

Can someone please let me know how i can prevent a limited user in windows 7 from deleting newly typed url's in internet explorer or any other browser by just pointing to the url and pressing the "...
user677697's user avatar
6 votes
2 answers
4k views

Choosing Google autocomplete suggestions without moving my hands from the home row

When I'm searching google.com and get autocomplete suggestions I use the down keyboard key to choose one. This causes me to move my hands from the home row and wastes too much time. Is there another ...
Eyal Levin's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
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Autocompletion on all my programs for Linux [closed]

I'm looking for a tool to have an auto-completion feature (glory to zsh!) working on my whole linux system. It could be something similar to the suggestions given by the Android keyboard, but having ...
Akronix's user avatar
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2 votes
1 answer
241 views

How can I construct a vim mapping to perform Ctrl-N, but as if iskeyword included '-'?

In Vim, when I'm programming, I often want Ctrl-N to behave as if - were part of a keyword; in other words, have it included in iskeyword. However, I'd like to create a new keymapping for this and ...
Andrew Ferrier's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
105 views

How to cycle in Finder autocomplete suggestions?

For example I want to go to ~/Library/Application Support. By pressing command+shift+g in Finder and type ~/Library/App, Finder will autocomplete it with ~/Library/Application Scripts. I need to ...
Al3n's user avatar
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6 votes
4 answers
6k views

Is there a way to make Notepad++ auto-complete words on {TAB} instead of {ENTER}?

Is there a way to make Notepad++ auto-complete words on Tab instead of Enter? Currently, if want to type, say, frame, then Enter to begin a new line, instead the Enter will select the first auto-...
Andrew Cheong's user avatar
15 votes
2 answers
2k views

Bind shift-tab to complete-backward in fish

I found myself using the auto-complete functionality of the fish-shell, where pressing tab twice or more cycles through the suggestions. But then I accidentaly pressed tab once to many, and I wanted ...
Sebastian's user avatar
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1 vote
1 answer
782 views

how to prevent remove omnibox autocomplete entries, macos 10.8.4, chrome 28.0.1500.95

If I type the letter Y in the omnibox, the whole URL is autocompleted to: youtube.com/player_api pressing Shift + Delete does nothing, nor does Fn + Shift + Delete. (I have a Mac Air 2011, it has a ...
frumbert's user avatar
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