[issue23961] IDLE autocomplete window does not automatically close when selection is made

Changes by Berker Peksag : -- stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed superseder: -> IDLE code completion window can hang or misbehave with mouse ___ Python tracker

[issue23961] IDLE autocomplete window does not automatically close when selection is made

Al Sweigart added the comment: I should clarify: I'm referring to the Show Completion feature. The repro steps are (on Windows 7 64-bit, Python 3.5) 1. Type pri 2. Press Ctrl+Space or click Edit Show Completions. The autocomplete window appears. 3. Press Tab. The text updates from pri to

[issue23961] IDLE autocomplete window does not automatically close when selection is made

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I believe Tab is working as designed. If so, you are requesting that the design be reviewed and possible changed. As noted in #15786, Click and Enter are not working as intended, so I think fixing the bugs is a higher priority. -- nosy: +terry.reedy

[issue23961] IDLE autocomplete window does not automatically close when selection is made

New submission from Al Sweigart: All autocomplete features (for example, Eclipse Android Studio) cause the autocomplete window to disappear when a selection is made. When tab is pressed in IDLE, the window does not disappear. IDLE should be changed so that the window goes away when tab is

[issue23961] IDLE autocomplete window does not automatically close when selection is made

Al Sweigart added the comment: Edit: Looking into it further, this behavior was originally for when the Show Completions dropdown wasn't being displayed. In that case, pressing tab would complete only up to the first ambiguous completion. For example, typing os.ge and pressing tab would