[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 104185] Better Autoinput for functions (or different default than ENTER)

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104185

--- Comment #9 from Joshua Coppersmith <joshua_coppersmith at hotmail.com> ---
Some alternatives:

1) Change auto entry to use tab, the default in almost every other system out
there from Eclipse clear down to MS Hotmail. Obviously, my choice and Mieszko's
but another idea is...

2) Don't kick in auto entry after backspace...per other suggestions already
given.

3) Don't kick in auto entry until at least two (even three) letters have been
typed. That would at least avoid the mess for simple column reference
situations in the vast majority of cases.

4) Put "Tab to ignore" in bold at the end of the auto entry popup text tip
while not changing the behavior at all.

I think this is more than a preference question. If you, for example, have 
=($A:$A) in column C then go to change that to 
=($B:$B) you get into a morass of =($B:$B()), etc., when doing the obvious and
pressing Enter.

Here is the thing: Anyone wanting auto entry will be able to see clearly if
that function has popped up, and will probably have to keep typing awhile
before the drill down matches what they want, anyway. Meanwhile, the person
expecting enter to do as it says and enter the edited value into the cell is
left trapped, having to re-edit, and having to click into the end of the line
or having to figure out to use tab to do what enter says right on the key,
"Enter".

The popup tip for the auto entry feature could have a bold "then Tab" at the
end of it if switched to tab. MS Hotmail does something like this. Or...if the
behavior isn't changed, what about putting "Tab to ingore" at the end of the
tip?

In any case, most intense users of LibreOffice Calc probably have the basic
familiarity with tab for autocomplete, not enter. Tab for autocomplete is very
mainstream.

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