[[bt-devel] implemnted auto completion]

[Joachim Ansorg]

Hi!

I'm using KDE2 autocompletion of KComboBox.

It's possible to have automatical autocompletion, you can change it in the right button menu, but it's a little but slow.

--Joachim

ou wrote on Mit, 09 Jul 2036:
>For test purposes I implemnted autocompletion.
>It's at the moment only available in bible presenters.
>
>Type something like "Gen" in the book combo and press CTRL+E to get the
>completed key.
>The edit line does also support it.
>report if it's working ...
>
>Joachim,
>
>I haven't tried it yet (since I'm moving this weekend), but I have a couple
> of comments about autocompletion.
>
>1) Didn't someone commit an autocompleting combo box to KDE Libs?  I thought
> I saw that somewhere.  I assume you used that functionality, but whatever
> works.
>
>2) Why should the user have to press CTRL+E to get the box to auto-complete?
>Couldn't you do something like the following:  Set the signal for
>keypresses/character entry to check the length of the string entered and try
>to autocomplete the line using that slot if the string matches.  For
> example, when the user types 'Jo' the box does nothing.  Once he adds the
> 's', it trys to autocomplete 'Josuha'.  I think this is more intuitive.  My
> question is, is it possible?
>
>I can't wait to get settled at my new place (hopefully with DSL :) to try
> out all the changes over the last few months...
>
>Tom
>
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