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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How to remove one or all auto-complete text entries in Chrome? [duplicate]
Ok... so this is embarrassing.
I typed in "boobs" on EncyclopediaDramatica's search because, well, it's a really funny page.
But now I've got a problem... EVERY TIME I click a search field in Chrome ...
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Remove auto-complete field entries in Google Chrome
Is there a way to stop the gmail address field (on the login page) from displaying all the gmail addresses that you have ever typed in it?
When logging in with Google Chrome or trying to set up a ...
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How can I disable Chrome's address bar search autocomplete?
Chrome's autocomplete for searches is often very annoying and intrusive because it is opt-out. It autocompletes by default and you have to press Backspace to dismiss it. Google search suggestions are ...
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oh-my-zsh history completion
I have recently switched to zsh, using robbyrussell's oh-my-zsh. Before that i used bash with a lot of custom stuff and i am only missing one thing because zsh is trying to be 'too smart':
If i type ...
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Bash autocomplete like zsh
I'm using bash, but I'd like to have zsh style autocomplete (you hit tab and it tabs through the possibilities), rather than what bash seems to do, which is display a list of possibilities but not ...
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bash: smart autocomplete based on history?
I once found an amazing bash option, but now I can't remember how to re-enable it.
It extended autocomplete to look at your most recent history. So if you'd previously typed open index.html and then ...
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Bash autocomplete on symlink to directory complete to whole directory, including slash [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Tab-completion with directories/links
when I've a symlink foo linking to a directory bar/ and I start typing f and hit tab, it completes to foo but I'd like to complete it to ...
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How to delete an URL from Chrome's Omnibox suggestions? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I delete previously entered items from Google Chrome Omnibox?
Chrome: remove URL from autocomplete which doesn't show up in history?
How can I delete an URL from ...
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How to expand * on Bash command line
I understand that if you type ls * it is actually expanded to ls a b c when the current directly has files a, b and c.
I was wondering if there is a way to expand this before I hit enter. Similar to ...
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How to remove addresses from Thunderbird's autocomplete drop-down?
When Thunderbird suggests email addresses for me as I type, there are many addresses there that I know are obsolete. How can I permanently remove them so they are never suggested to me again?
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Disable autocomplete hints on iTerm2
I would like to disable the autocomplete history things that come up on the iTerm, as shown in the picture below:
I would like to get rid of the blue hint that comes up when I start typing a command ...
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Does a fuzzy matching mode exist for the zsh shell?
I've recently fallen in love with efficient text completion systems. One of my favourite kinds of completion is so-called fuzzy completion.
This is a mode where the program will complete the user's ...
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How do I remove individual autofill suggestions from Google Chrome?
Sometimes, some things are better meant to be private and shouldn't be shown when others watch.
How can I remove individual auto-fill suggestions so that they don't re-appear?
I don't wish to remove ...
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Tab-completion with directories/links
I have this problem with tab-completion in terminal in both archlinux and ubuntu:
I have a link which links to a directory named "something" in my home directory. Now when I open a terminal and want ...
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Enable autocomplete in an sqlite3 interactive shell
I am using sqlite3 on a machine where I can use tab completion (ie .read abc followed by TAB this will autocomplete to .read abcdefghij.db. I would like to know how to enable this on my personal ...
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