Re: 'use tab key for autocomplete' still documented even though it's been removed

On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 9:16 PM, Arthur Prokosch <prokosch(at)umich(dot)edu> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Coming from a unix background, I'd really like to be able to use the <tab>
> key within the Query Tool's editor box to bring up autocompletions. It's
> documented even though the feature seems to be long-dead. Can this be fixed?

Not easily, unfortunately.

> According to the documentation I find at
> http://www.pgadmin.org/docs/1.8/query.html
> that should be possible: "You can optionally enable the Tab key to activate
> the autocomplete feature as well - the can be done on the options dialog."
> But there's nothing apropos in the options dialog, nor any relevant registry
> keys or values matching "tab."
>
> So, I dig into git - pgadmin3.git via the web interface. ctlSQLBox.cpp:162
> only sets up Ctrl-Space as an accelerator. But -- commit
> 525c9fc7825f3d3f1b0b02c4444b2f9bdbc34178 from 2009 nuked the feature as well
> as the configuration for it. Updated the docs for the configuration screen
> itself but not the general query box docs.
>
> I'd love it if tab-completion could be restored, but the commit I referenced
> makes that sound hard. So failing that, can the documentation be well and
> truly expunged?

I've pushed a fix for it. Thanks for the heads up!

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