Anywhere a directory or file path can be entered, pathname completion should be provided (e.g., by pressing the TAB key).
Just one use case: the Rename/Move dialog.
Pathname completion (e.g., via TAB keypress) [DONE]
Re: Pathname completion (e.g., via TAB keypress)
Done (perhaps partially) in build #2999.
Still need to decide about other dialogs whether autocompletion makes sense there.
Still need to decide about other dialogs whether autocompletion makes sense there.
Re: Pathname completion (e.g., via TAB keypress)
I see you went with Unix style completion. Personally, I like how Total Commander does it. It's more like hinting there, similar to how code completion (suggestions) work in code editors. So as soon as I start typing it starts suggesting me options, which I can either use or keep typing to override.
It's especially useful if I don't remember the name of the file or folder precisely. I start typing and as soon as the thing I'm looking for shows up I stop typing and use the suggestion. Unix style tab completion is more cumbersome since I'm never quite sure if I typed enough for it to find the right thing
Just my 2c of feedback...
It's especially useful if I don't remember the name of the file or folder precisely. I start typing and as soon as the thing I'm looking for shows up I stop typing and use the suggestion. Unix style tab completion is more cumbersome since I'm never quite sure if I typed enough for it to find the right thing
Just my 2c of feedback...
Re: Pathname completion (e.g., via TAB keypress)
Good idea, I like it.
It's a bit trickier on the UI side, but doable.
Let's keep eye on this in maybe version after v1.2.6.
Re typing enough: current implementation can actually show the entire directory listing even if nothing was typed.
It's a bit trickier on the UI side, but doable.
Let's keep eye on this in maybe version after v1.2.6.
Re typing enough: current implementation can actually show the entire directory listing even if nothing was typed.
Re: Pathname completion (e.g., via TAB keypress)
It turns out that autocompletion in Copy/Move dialog was implemented, but is extremely hard to find.
At the moment NC uses there a default system hotkey to show the autocompletion popup, it’s Alt+Esc.
At the moment NC uses there a default system hotkey to show the autocompletion popup, it’s Alt+Esc.
Re: Pathname completion (e.g., via TAB keypress) [DONE]
Alt+Esc? That's why I couldn't find it
Isn't that used like in some text editors for syntax completition? In the context of files and paths, I am more familiar with the usual ⇥ (TAB) as used in Finder and bash/zsh shells. TAB even works with with Full Keyboard Access enabled for dialogs (well, sort of, you have to use shift+tab to move through the buttons backwards). Would be nice to have an option
Isn't that used like in some text editors for syntax completition? In the context of files and paths, I am more familiar with the usual ⇥ (TAB) as used in Finder and bash/zsh shells. TAB even works with with Full Keyboard Access enabled for dialogs (well, sort of, you have to use shift+tab to move through the buttons backwards). Would be nice to have an option