Some String-based attributes' values in the Displayed Attributes table offer autocompletion when edited in the Displayed Attributes table of a tab's text pane. Supported attribute types are:
- List
- Set
- String
The auto-complete is quite flexible and does not just match possible matching values from the start of current input. For example, if typing "kin", autocompletion will offer matches such as "Laurie R. King" as well as "kingdom".
Use the up-arrow (↑) and down-arrow (↓) keys to select alternative autocompletion possibilities.
To not use the currently suggested auto-complete value, or to use a value that is a substring of the suggested value, use the backspace key (⌫). The edit box shows only the characters actually typed by the user.
Maximum list length for matches
The default maximum of 999 matches means this limit is unlikely to be encountered..
Length of matched values in the list
Individual listed matches are truncated at 31 characters. Values longer than that must be entered manually.
Values starting with digits, decimals or a minus
If the value being typed begins with a digit, a decimal point, or a - sign, then autocomplete is inhibited for that value. Thus, autocomplete is inconvenient when used with string attributes that happen to have numeric forms, such as Dewey Decimal numbers or numeric IP addresses or social security numbers. Previously in this case, Tinderbox eagerly made suggestions, but they were unlikely to be very helpful.
'@ ' in List and Set-type attributes only
These offer autocompletion based on discrete list values (as opposed to a string of all list values stored for a given note). In List and Set types only, value autocompletion regards the character '@' as starting a word; this is to support GTD-style tag values with an '@' prefix.
Diacriticals (accents)
Autocompletion supports values with diacriticals allowing matches beyond the basic ASCII character set. Auto-completion is also used with edit-in-place of Outline view column data.
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