TeXstudio: Don't autocomplete "content..." in block environments

Question

Each time I use autocompletion in TeXstudio for a block environment, e.g.

\begin{itemize}
content...
\end{itemize}

the "content..." is automatically inserted. Is it possible to disable that? It slows me down, because I need to delete it before filling in the contents of the block. I would like the autocomplete to produce just e.g.

\begin{itemize}
                        <-- Just a blank line here
\end{itemize}

A partial solution I found: Use CTRL+RIGHT to jump to the "content..." and overwrite it. But as I said, I would prefer not to have it there at all.

Answer 1

You need to disable insert arguments

Go to Options > Configure TexStudio > Make sure that Advanced Options is checked > Completion > Uncheck Insert arguments

Answer 2

Since it is not possible to obtain what you want, I found a way around the problem in some sense :

Start typing \begin, press Tab (not Enter !) when TexStudio proposes \begin{*environment-name*}. Then start typing your environment name, for example proof. When TexStudio proposes \begin{proof}, press Enter (not Tab !) and voila, you got yourself an environment without content... but also with the proper \end{proof} at the end.

Edit : if you still have insert arguments enabled in the options (see other answers) then content... will appear but it will be selected automatically so that when you type anything it will be replaced by what you write.

Answer 3

In Options > Configure TexStudio > Menu > &Latex > &Environnements, one could change the "Generique" commande by this line :

\begin{%<environment-name%:id:1%>}%\%\\end{%<environment-name%:id:1,mirror%>}

So far, it doesn't affect other autocompletions.

Answer 4

I think this might affect some other autocompletions, but this can be done by using the menu Options/Configure TeXstudio/Completion and by disabling 'Use placeholders'.