[SOLVED] Auto-Complete in Name of Find Files

Post by **TheQwerty** » 27 Mar 2008 17:36

Using XY v6.80.0114 on Win XP SP2.

Okay this is a bit of a confusing one, so hopefully someone else can at least verify this.

Starting with a fresh, still unlicensed, copy of XY.
Do the following:
Tools -> LM -> Find Files: Names -> Editor Mode
Paste the following:

Code: Select all

ab
:ab
>ab

OK
Ctrl+F to open the Find Files tab.
In the Name field type (and with Mode still on Standard) type ">".

It should auto-complete that to ">ab" and places the cursor at the beginning of the term.

For contrast clear the field and type ":" and it won't auto-complete or move the cursor.

That's the core of the problem, but it behaves differently based on which mode is selected.

From Standard or Boolean mode, only ">" behaves wrongly.
From RegExp mode, only ":" behaves wrongly.

jacky · Post by **jacky** » 27 Mar 2008 18:03

Yep, seems to be linked to the change of font (RegExp mode uses a monospaced font) in the combobox. I'm sure Don will fix this easily.

But, what do you mean "it won't auto-complete or move the cursor" ?? Just tried, and the cursor is sent back to the begining yes, but the autocomplete part still works, when I type ">" I see ">ab" on the list (tried with a fresh copy as well just in case), don't you ?

Post by **TheQwerty** » 27 Mar 2008 19:53

jacky wrote:Yep, seems to be linked to the change of font (RegExp mode uses a monospaced font) in the combobox. I'm sure Don will fix this easily.

But, what do you mean "it won't auto-complete or move the cursor" ?? Just tried, and the cursor is sent back to the begining yes, but the autocomplete part still works, when I type ">" I see ">ab" on the list (tried with a fresh copy as well just in case), don't you ?

What I mean is when in Standard mode if you type ">" it does auto-complete and moves the cursor.

If you type ":" it does not auto-complete, nor does it move the cursor.

It displays the list, but it doesn't do the auto-auto-complete that ">" does.

And you're right, I didn't think about the font change, it probably is related.

jacky · Post by **jacky** » 27 Mar 2008 20:23

TheQwerty wrote:What I mean is when in Standard mode if you type ">" it does auto-complete and moves the cursor.

If you type ":" it does not auto-complete, nor does it move the cursor.

It displays the list, but it doesn't do the auto-auto-complete that ">" does.

hmm... well what happens for me is :
- without a font change : works as expected
- with a font change : after the change, the cursor goes back to position 0, and one item from the MRU (not sure which one exactly, cause it's not the first one - last one used maybe?) gets selected, as in fully typed in on the combo, and as such it may appear that auto-complete didn't really work. But selecting everything after ":" or ">" and removing it makes it work fine.

In other words, in Standard mode when I type ":" auto-complete works just fine here. Typing ">" on the other hand won't exactly work as expected (cause of the font change, as I said above). Seems you're having the opposite ! Are you or am I in bizarro world ?

Post by **admin** » 27 Mar 2008 20:26

TheQwerty wrote:
jacky wrote:Yep, seems to be linked to the change of font (RegExp mode uses a monospaced font) in the combobox. I'm sure Don will fix this easily.

But, what do you mean "it won't auto-complete or move the cursor" ?? Just tried, and the cursor is sent back to the begining yes, but the autocomplete part still works, when I type ">" I see ">ab" on the list (tried with a fresh copy as well just in case), don't you ?
What I mean is when in Standard mode if you type ">" it does auto-complete and moves the cursor.

If you type ":" it does not auto-complete, nor does it move the cursor.

It displays the list, but it doesn't do the auto-auto-complete that ">" does.

And you're right, I didn't think about the font change, it probably is related.

It is. I'm not a MS basher, but the MS combo box has been a piece of crap from hell ever since. Anyway, I found a way to work around it. Try next upload.

Post by **TheQwerty** » 27 Mar 2008 20:59

jacky wrote:Seems you're having the opposite ! Are you or am I in bizarro world ?

Nah, we're experiencing the same thing (I think) I just failed to properly put it into words.

In the first post when I say auto-completes I mean it really does automatically complete by picking a query and filling in the field. (As opposed to just displaying the list.)

If it didn't auto-complete then the auto-complete list box is displayed.

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admin wrote:It is. I'm not a MS basher, but the MS combo box has been a piece of crap from hell ever since. Anyway, I found a way to work around it. Try next upload.

Welcome back(?), Don! Hope you had a good break! Looking forward to the fix!

EDIT: All fixed with v6.80.0115! Yay Don!