[R-SIG-Mac] UI suggestion: allow a tab with no more suggestions to fill in "$"

[Simon Urbanek]

Tim,

but how should be determine that you want $? If it's a matrix, maybe you want [ ... if it's a function maybe you want ( ... it looks like a hornet's nest to me, but if you provide logic, we may be able to code it up ;)

Cheers,
Simon


On May 20, 2016, at 8:08 AM, Timothy Bates <tim.bates at ed.ac.uk> wrote:

> 
> Like most of us I am sure, I use the tab completion system a lot, not just to complete object names, but to pick from the drop-list created when one hits tab after a $ sign.
> 
> Current situation to get to  "object$part1$level2” the user currently has to type:
> 1. "obj→" (completed to "object")
> 2. Type "$→" and pick part1
> 3. Type "$→" and pick level2
> 
> Suggestion: make a second "tab" press fill in the $-sign. That would reduce the above to:
> 1. "obj→" (completed to "object")
> 2. Type "→ →" and pick part1
> 3. Type "→ →" and pick level2
> 
> MUCH quicker, as the dollar sign involves lifting finger off tab key, hitting (for English) shift-4 (a two hand operation, or an awkward one-hand stretch), then moving back to the tab key.
> 
> Users of the @ accessor  might feel left out - perhaps give them shift-tab :-)
> 
> PS: Still be nice bump up the font size in the bottom tool-tip bar, if only back to the old physical height (or perhaps just re-use the RStudio tool-tip completion system)
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