Re: how to scroll through autocompleted text?

[Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org>]

On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 07:37:25PM +0200, Jean Br?fort wrote:
> Le mercredi 05 octobre 2005 ?? 13:21 -0400, Anthony DiSante a ??crit :
> > When typing some text into a cell in a worksheet where a previous cell 
> > already contains the same text, that previous text automatically shows up in 
> > the new cell, so you just have to type the first few letters and then press 
> > Enter.
> >
> > However, if there are multiple previous cells containing similar but 
> > slightly different text, then the one that autocomplete chooses (which I 
> > think is just the most recent one) may not be the one you want for the new 
> > cell.  As you type more, it will eventually choose the right one, but in MS 
> > Excel, you can simply press Tab after entering the first few characters, and 
> > it'll scroll through all the matching cells so you can choose the right one 
> > without having to type out most of it.
> >
> > Is it possible to do the same thing in Gnumeric?  If so, how?  (Tab doesn't 
> > do it.)
>
> It is probably not possible at present. Please file a bug report,
> (severity = enhancement).

My preference at this point would be to ditch the excel compatible
autocompletion in favour of a more firefox-ish dropdown approach.