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Re: Poll: how does autocomplete filter?

 

I am used to, and like better, always placing the best match on top
and removing things that don't match at all.

This is the behavior of most modern text editors and IDEs I've used.

On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 10:50 AM Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> One strategy is to highlight the first match as you type, but leave the menu entries unchanged.
>
> Another strategy is to remove the un-matched entries (so the selected on is always at the top).
>
> I’m used to CLion, which removes, but the Scintilla Editor’s default is to just highlight.
>
> Which is more common?  Which are you used to?  Which do you like better?
>
> Cheers,
> Jeff.
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