Questions tagged [autocomplete]
For questions about the various autocomplete features on Stack Exchange, e.g. when mentioning users in comments or chat messages.
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Where would chat autocomplete be populated from? [closed]
For a while now I've been amused by these autocomplete prompts in SE chatrooms:
Alright lol
Explain
I . Failed . Math
I failed math
I failed math class. My math test, I failed it.
My parents are going ...
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Is there some difference between typing a username and using the auto-complete?
When typing (or editing) a comment, after typing @ and the first letter of a username, we're offered the choice of usernames that were in the conversation and can input them into typing the whole ...
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Feedback wanted: Improved tag editor
Now deployed everywhere
We're working on improving the tag editor (mainly for the "ask question" page). The most important reason is this:
We have awesome tag wikis that are being created and curated ...
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Suggest tags from the top search bar when text search start with the character "[" [duplicate]
It would be comfortable or convenient when text search in the top search bar start with the character "[", the tags containing the text after "[" character are suggested.
It is ...
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Autocomplete (@-tab-complete) of a username sometimes fails
When we comment about others' answers or questions, we may want to notify the other user. As far as I known, we can type @username_you_want to mention the user you want get in touch with.
Most times ...
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Why is there no autocomplete for pinging editors?
I hope this example shows why autocomplete would be useful beyond the comfort of the commenter:
I recently had an issue where someone edited a post (which I'm not the author of) only to add one extra ...
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Are there plans to get the @ name completion working on the mobile website?
I use Stack Exchange site through my phone (iPhone) way more frequently than I do through the desktop website. When I do that, I really wish that typing the @ symbol would offer the same auto-...
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Provide autocomplete for magic links in the comment editor
There are a ton of magic links which expand in the comments, some of which are main, meta, or community specific, and some which are templatized (on the surface, I'm not sure if they are explicitly ...
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Improve location of username autocompletion in comments on the responsive design
When I a @-mention another user in a comment on my mobile phone, using the full responsive version, the suggested username is on the top left of the comment field. At this location it is very close to ...
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Tab name completion for comments please!
I find I'm doing the Unix command completion/IRC name completion thing where I type a few letters of the username and hit tab when I'm entering comments.
Please consider adding a bit of JavaScript ...
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Please autocomplete @User2 even if you only notify @User1
Background
I know that @replying to more than one user in a comment is not allowed as explained in this answer. I've always hated that and thought that there are valid use-cases for mentioning two ...
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Enable @ping completion for all comments
I think it would be good to enable the autocompletion for @username also for comments which don't need a ping, e.g. first comment to a Q/A or if only the OP and one more user is involved in the ...
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Tag autocomplete doesn't work
At the moment, the tag autocompletion doesn't work. Below is an example for inline tag edits, but the problem is also present on 'full' edit pages (like the one I'm typing this question in). Suggested ...
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Hidden ponies deserve autocompletion love too
Fairly minor bug, but the username autocomplete doesn't rebuild its list of users immediately after hidden comments are loaded from the server, allowing for situations like the following where late-...
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Tag Autocompletion Not Working [duplicate]
I'm currently trying to post on serverfault. When I try to search for a tag, the dropdown is empty. I have verified in Chrome debug tools that the call is being made and results are being returned as ...
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Keyboard shortcut to autocomplete the user in comments
While commenting on posts, when we start typing @ and a few characters that match one of the earlier commentators, a suggestion appears above the comment text area. Is there a shortcut to accept that ...
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Does ping work in chat with no autocompletion?
I know that if an user has been recently in chat, you can ping him (autocompletion will appear when you start to type @user).
Does this hold if autocompletion doesn't appear?
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Expand the username auto-completion to everyone who can be notified
@username auto-completion for comments was recently implemented, and is already active on MSO.
However, it only seems to auto-complete the usernames of people who have commented on the post. ...
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Tag Completion in Search Bar
When typing a tag in the search bar it would be sweet like a thousand unicorns if it would suggest tags as you type. It could detect when to show suggestions based on the [ character.
For bonus ...
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Implementing auto correct/complete on Stack Overflow
I have noticed this in hundreds of questions.
Most of the users use invalid lower case letters. "i" instead of "I" and "how to do..." instead of "How to.." Other than that I can see a lot of ...
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Addressing users with non-standard first letter in chat
Not too long ago, there was a nice new feature implemented for comment replies to users whose username starts with a non-alphanumeric character; namely, that typing @ is sufficient to bring up the ...
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User name autocomplete (with @) not working in mobile version [duplicate]
If I
open any post on any Stack Exchange site in mobile version (Chrome 63 on Android)
then click "add a comment"
then type @
then type first letter of user name which already commented to this post
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In the chat's @name autocomplete, a user is showing up with two avatars
So, this suggestion just got implemented: Show profile picture in chat autocomplete
That is very cool, and I'm happy with it. However, there's a chat user who has the special privilege of showing up ...
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Please allow non-Unicode named editors be pinged with autocomplete
Currently, you can @reply to any person with the auto complete. Normally, you type the first letter of their name then use Tab to finish it.
Unicode names work differently, you don't have to start ...
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Comment submission broken for comments that end with @username
Sometimes I want to post comments that include @-notifications but can't work the names into the comment text organically. In those cases, I write my comment out and then tack on a @JohnDoe at the end,...
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Stop tag completion from stealing cursor focus
How often does this happen to you?
Edit a question
Change a tag
Hit tab and type "tags" in the edit summary box
Notice that the tag autosearch has stolen back your cursor so you just typed "tags"...
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Add auto-completion for username in comments when typing @
It would be nice that username auto-completion in comments starts when the user type @ (vs @ + first letter of the name of the intended user
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I am aware of the StackApp Reply links on comments.
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Mention/tag user via SE mobile app [duplicate]
There is one minor feature that won't work in the Stack Exchange Android app. Mentioning/tagging a user is not working like in the desktop browser. It won't display a user suggestion.
So, it ...
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Hitting spacebar does not autocomplete username on commenter notification
I was trying to respond to a comment in the following question https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/169746/my-gravatar-is-a-swastika-generate-new-gravatar
I typed the @ followed by da to indicate ...
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When choosing tags for a question, have the most used tags appear first
I will explain using an example of what I mean. Suppose I now start a new question on Stack Overflow and start typing in the tag editor textbox. I type "asp" and this is what I see:
Classic ASP has ...
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Auto-complete and link @usernames in answers [duplicate]
It would be nice to have an easy way to link to user profiles from answers. It is common to give credit to helpful comments within answers.
Although it's possible to embed links to comments, that's ...
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How to put @nickname at the comments? [duplicate]
Is it possible to enter @nickname in comments, automatically? Or is one just supposed to write out the names letter by letter?
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@username in comments doesn't autocomplete for some users
When I want to address a specific users in the comment section for a question I use @username, sometimes after typing first letters of the username it shows up an autocomplete box but sometimes it ...
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Auto fill the last person replying to me in the @ auto complete box in comments
Consider this scenario:
John asks a question.
Alice posts a comment on the question, John gets a notification.
John replies to Alice's comment. Alice gets notified and replies.
Jason comes over and ...
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Why comment reply auto-completion feature (@) sometimes doesn't work? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do comment @replies work?
Say, we've got an answer with some comments under it.
Sometimes when I want to reply to one of the comments, I can easily refer to the comment ...
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What library does StackOverflow use for autocomplete in tags field?
What javascript library is SO using for tag autocompletion? Is it a jQuery plugin or did you write your own implementation?
(I'm asking because I'm working on a GreaseMonkey script that works on/...
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Comments @ auto-complete doesn't always appear
I've noticed that when I try and add a comment to send to a user using the @ prefix (i.e. @NickCraver) that JavaScript attempts to auto-populate with a little pop-up based on what comments have been ...
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Add highlighting and keyboard support to @ autocomplete suggestion
I just noticed the new @ autocomplete for comments.
When I hover over the suggestion, could it highlight the user's comments attached to the post?
Also, what about up/down arrow key support?
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Can we get username auto-complete without a ping?
I'm frequently in the Android chatroom. Part of our rules (based on many people's preferences) is that excessive use of @User pings is forbidden/discouraged. It would be nice if there was an alternate ...
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Autocomplete gives me the name of someone not in the chat room?
I was looking for Zypher in the Teachers Lounge chat, and he showed up in the autocomplete, so I assumed he was in the room. But no:
That's the autocomplete
That's the list of people in the room
And ...
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Search with Auto-Complete (like Gmail / Intellisense)
Hi,
Can we have a auto-complete feature for our search box, similar to Gmail's?
The Problem:
It's not easy to remember all the available search operators in the Search Options.
There's no obvious ...
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While comment autocomplete with using username is not working
I tried to comment on a question and point an user using @username but autocomplete is not working
May I know why it is happening?
I am using Google Chrome
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How is the comment/chat @ auto-complete implemented?
It's easy to see in Fiddler that this isn't server based, so I'm guessing that this is some sort of jQuery wizardry.
Specifically:
Detection of when auto-complete should pop up
Determining the list ...
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Strange "et cetera" chat glitch?
Us over at RPG.SE were having a fun discussion about punching people who came up with &c. as an abbreviation for et cetera.
I decided to make a couple ridiculous jokes. The first one was, @{}Ra, ...
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Pressing tab doesn't expand autocompleted chat @names in Opera
When using chat, if I start typing someone's name preceded by an @ I see the autocomplete suggestions pop up above the input box as I would expect, but pressing Tab shifts focus from the text box to ...
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tags autosuggestion seems to be bugged managing a tag containing "ss"
It seems that the "ss" sequence is treated abnormally by the auto completition engine.
I noticed the issue typing "oss" and having the following suggestions:
macosx (194)
centos (141)
osx (...
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Comment name autocomplete moves cursor
I revise pretty much everything I write before I publish/post/send it. When I write comments, I sometimes have to move @name notifications around as a result of other edits. However, using the Tab ...
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Pressing TAB when using tag auto-completion selects wrong tag
Here I'm entering the tag active-directory...
Type activ
alt text http://alexangas.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/entertag2.png
Type the letters -dire to differentiate from activerecord
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Effectiveness of suggested answers?
Does anybody have some data on how effective the suggested answers are in preventing people from asking duplicate questions?
While some people make an effort to search, some people will click the "...
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Add a space after auto-completing reply address
I've noticed that I don't always get a reply notification. I think this is because the end user isn't always hitting the Space bar after the "@" auto-complete function is enacted.
That is, when ...
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