[MonoDevelop] Re: Completion Window

Jacob Ilsø Christensen jacobilsoe at gmail.com
Thu Dec 15 03:50:13 EST 2005


Yes, I thought of making it like this too. Actually I am not sure which one
I like the best.

What do you think out there? Should we go for current behavior, the one in
the patch or the one that shows all matches but centers around the current
match?

/Jacob

On 12/15/05, "Andrés G. Aragoneses" <knocte at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Jacob Ilsø Christensen escribió:
> > The attached patch makes the completion window shrink or expand
> > depending on what words currently match.
>
> Hello Jacob. Let me add my 2 cents.
>
> I do not totally agree with this patch. I am now using VStudio.NET2005
> and I think its implementation is better. Let me explain this behaviour:
>   if you press CTRL+SPACE, all options appear. If you begin typing, it
> does not hide the non-matching options *but* it sets the focus to the
> first possibility that matches what you have written at the moment.
>
> For example:
>
> a) CTRL+SPACE:
>
> List: [ CodeDom, Collections, Configuration, Data, Drawing ]
>
> b) You write 'D':
>
> List: [ CodeDom, Collections, Configuration, Data (selected), Drawing ]
>
> c) You write 'r' ("Dr"):
>
> List: [ CodeDom, Collections, Configuration, Data, Drawing (selected) ]
>
> d) You erase last letter:
>
> List: [ CodeDom, Collections, Configuration, Data (selected), Drawing ]
>
> e) You write 'o' ("Do"):
>
> List: [ CodeDom, Collections, Configuration, Data, Drawing ]
>
> If an option must be selected because of matching (cases b, c, d), the
> widget will move the scrollbar automatically so as to show the selected
> option at a medium position inside the widget.
>
> Regards,
>
>         Andrés  [ knocte ]
>
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