Bug 117505 - Autocompleter is overzealous and pops up completion dialog too often
Summary: Autocompleter is overzealous and pops up completion dialog too often
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kdevelop
Classification: Applications
Component: Code completion (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdevelop-bugs-null
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Reported: 2005-12-02 13:00 UTC by David Saxton
Modified: 2006-05-24 05:52 UTC (History)
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Description David Saxton 2005-12-02 13:00:00 UTC
Version:           3.3 (using KDE KDE 3.5.0)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

The autocompleter pops up far too often in many cases where there is no need whatsoever (this is with "Project Options | C++ Specific | Code Completion | Automatic code completion" checked).

For example, I might paste a function definition in a class definition, and the autocompleter would pop up a list then; or when I undo typing in something, and the autocompleter will pop up again. There are many other instances where the autocompleter gets in the way.

I might be wrong, but I can't see any possible case where either of the two above examples warrant the autocompleter popping up.

(P.S. Checking/unchecking the "Automatic code completion" box does not take effect into the project is restarted - should this go in another bug report?)
Comment 1 David Saxton 2005-12-13 14:09:55 UTC
To make the previous comments more clear, it would pop up when the text cursor ended up at the end of a line on a semi colon (which is pretty common when editing a class interface).

Another example of the autocompleter popping up is when I'm typing a comment. After each word (if I pause for more than a few hundred milliseconds), it pops up. And when I've got to the end of the line in a comment, it becomes a game of reaction speeds to try and hit enter before it pops up, and selects the top item in the list.
Comment 2 Fred 2006-01-10 00:07:12 UTC
Same thing happens on Fedora RPM's, KDevelop 3.3 Using KDE 3.5.0
Comment 3 A T Somers 2006-05-12 00:36:00 UTC
Just upgraded to 3.3.2, and it is indeed VERY annoying. Even when in a comment the box pops up continuisly, making it hard to just hit an enter to go to the next line, because that will select an entry from the pop-up box. Before, it did not always pop up when it might have been helpfull, but now it just gets in the way.
Comment 4 David Nolden 2006-05-24 05:52:38 UTC
this is fixed