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Autocomplete is a UI feature provided by applications, where the program predicts a word or phrase that the user wants to type without the user actually typing it completely.

Autocomplete is a user interface feature provided by applications, where the program predicts a word or phrase that the user wants to type without the user actually typing it completely.

It is provided by many web browsers, email programs, search engine interfaces, source code editors, database query tools, word processors, and command line interpreters.

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How do I use WebStorm for Chrome Extension Development?

I just bought WebStorm 5 and so far have been really enjoying its Inspection features. One hitch I've run in to when developing my Chrome extension is that it doesn't recognize the chrome variable: Is there a way I can add the chrome variable to…
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Xcode 9 Autocomplete Not Working 100% - Partially Working

This morning, Xcode 9.0 (9A235) shows a new/strange Auto Complete box that is not at all what it used to be. How do I get the full auto-complete box so that autocomplete looks like how it usually does?
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JSX or HTML autocompletion in Visual Studio Code

Is there any way to use components or HTML completion in Visual Studio Code? Because typing each letter manually is not good idea when we have classes like Bootstrap etc. For example completion as in Emmet: ul>li*2>a var React =…
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How does bash tab completion work?

I have been spending a lot of time in the shell lately and I'm wondering how the tab autocomplete works. What's the mechanism behind it? How does the bash know the contents of every directory?
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UltiSnips and YouCompleteMe

I have bundles ultisnips and youcompleteme installed on my macvim. The problem is that ultisnips doesn't work because tab is bound by ycm. I tried putting let g:UltiSnipsExpandTrigger = "" so that I can trigger the snippet completion with…
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Limit results in jQuery UI Autocomplete

I am using jQuery UI Autocomplete. $("#task").autocomplete({ max:10, minLength:3, source: myarray }); The max parameter doesn't work and I still get more than 10 results. Am I missing something?
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How to turn off brackets/quotes auto-completion in Visual Studio

As it states in the title: how to I turn off brackets/quotes/curly braces autocompletion in MSVS? I'm interested in C# and XAML mostly but other text editors would be nice too. EDIT: Currently I'm using MSVS 11 with these…
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Intellij IDEA show javadoc automatically

When I am coding at Netbeans it autocompletes the code and show Javadocs. However when I am using Intellij IDEA if I click Ctrl+Space I can see the auto-complete and if I click Ctrl+Q I can see the javadoc seperately. Is it possible to see the…
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How can one close HTML tags in Vim quickly?

It's been a while since I've had to do any HTML-like code in Vim, but recently I came across this again. Say I'm writing some simple HTML: This is a title How do I write those closing tags for title, head…
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How to make a python, command-line program autocomplete arbitrary things NOT interpreter

I am aware of how to setup autocompletion of python objects in the python interpreter (on unix). Google shows many hits for explanations on how to do this. Unfortunately, there are so many references to that it is difficult to find what I need to…
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Android Studio - XML Editor autocomplete not working with support libraries

I just started using the new android.support.design library. When using any of the widgets inside the XML editor I stop getting the XML autocomplete suggestions! For example,
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Xcode 6 with Swift super slow typing and autocompletion

Is it just me or Xcode 6 (6.0.1) with Swift seems to be super slow when you type your code, especially with autocompletion? A normal Objective-C class, even if inside a Swift project, works almost the same as before, so it's Swift that kills…
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twitter bootstrap autocomplete dropdown / combobox with Knockoutjs

I have a requirement where I HAVE TO use bootstrap autocomplete dropdown, BUT user can have free form text in that dropdown if they wish. Before you think about TypeAhead, I could use Bootstrap TypeAhead textbox, but I need to have the dropdown…
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How to move out of auto-completed brackets in IntelliJ IDEA (without using the arrow keys)?

I recently switched from Eclipse to IntelliJ IDEA, and found myself wondering how to move the cursor out of a pair of auto-completed brackets. In Eclipse after I finished typing in a pair of brackets, pressing tab brings me out of the brackets. How…
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Eclipse: Exclude specific packages when autocompleting a class name

When auto-completing a class name in Eclipse, e.g. if you type: ListITab A pop-up menu appears offering you matching class names for completion (which you can select with the mouse or by using the arrow keys: In this example, I almost certainly want…
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