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Re: Poll: how does autocomplete filter?

 

I am used to autocomplete tools only showing those that match the current
search query. That would also be consistent with the way our hotkey search
control matches when typed as well.

-Ian

On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 4:04 PM Eeli Kaikkonen <eeli.kaikkonen@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Definitely leaving only matching items and removing others.
>
> Eeli Kaikkonen
>
>
> On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 5:50 PM 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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