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Feature: Tab on field suggestion #110

Closed AjaykulkarniIBMi closed 3 years ago

AjaykulkarniIBMi commented 4 years ago

I am using ILEEDITOR 2 for programing within an ERP system that following a naming convention for field names. Example: all field names in one table that has 200 columns start with SDMA . So when I key in SDMA within the editor i see a big drop-down box and I have to scroll down.

Possible solution I was using SUBLIME text to write my RPGLE until now. Within the sublime text, there was a tab feature that allowed to scroll through all the variables that start with SDMA. So if I enter SDMA and hit tab it will start with the first SDMA and then the next tab will be scrolling through all the SDMA's. I was wondering if that can of functionality is something more helpful.

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AjaykulkarniIBMi commented 3 years ago

Hello, are you considering providing this feature?

connorholyday commented 3 years ago

Hey I'm not entirely sure what you're describing. I know at the moment if you type something like your "SDMA" then you should get a big dropdown box appear with all of the possibilities. You can then continue typing and this will filter down the options in the dropdown box - or you can use your arrow keys to scroll through the options.

Is your issue that you'd prefer to use the tab key rather than the arrow keys?

AjaykulkarniIBMi commented 3 years ago

I am getting the drop-down box, I was wondering if you can make the experience the same as SUBLIME text. In the sublime text, you can just hit TAB and it will cycle through all the occurrence of the text. So say you have 100 fields and all start with SD, in sublime text, when you hit SD and hit tab you can cycle through all the fields that start with SD, instead of a drop-down box.

connorholyday commented 3 years ago

Right okay I understand. This looks to be a limitation of the code editor we're using under the hood in that I can't see how we could configure this to be an option. Sorry for any inconvenience caused but unfortunately I don't think we can get this one done. Thank you for the feature suggestion though, they're always appreciated!