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5 <author>&Pamela.Roberts;</author>
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9 <date>2003-11-05</date>
10 <releaseinfo>3.2</releaseinfo>
14 <title>Automatic Text Completion</title>
16 <para>You can get &konqueror; to help you enter a path or &URL; into the
17 Location Toolbar by enabling one of the <guimenuitem>Text Completion</guimenuitem>
18 features. To do this <mousebutton>right</mousebutton>
19 click on a clear part of the Location Toolbar text entry box and select
20 <guisubmenu>Text Completion</guisubmenu> from the pop up menu. This will let you
21 choose between the following options:</para>
26 <term><guimenuitem>None</guimenuitem></term>
27 <listitem><para>What you get is what you type.</para></listitem>
31 <term><guimenuitem>Manual</guimenuitem></term>
32 <listitem><para>When you have typed part of a path or &URL;, pressing
33 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>E</keycap></keycombo> will complete the entry if it is
34 possible to do so unambiguously.</para></listitem>
38 <term><guimenuitem>Automatic</guimenuitem></term>
39 <listitem><para>As you type into the Location Toolbar window &konqueror; will
40 automatically extend what you type to complete one possible path or &URL;,
41 highlighting the characters it has added. Continue typing if that's not what
42 you wanted or press &Enter; to accept it.</para></listitem>
46 <term><guimenuitem>Dropdown List</guimenuitem></term>
47 <listitem><para>A drop-down window will appear as you type, showing the
48 possible matches to what you have typed so far. When the path or &URL; that
49 you want appears in the window double click on it with the &LMB;.
51 <keysym>Down Arrow</keysym> and <keysym>Up Arrow</keysym>
52 keys to select it then press &Enter;.</para></listitem>
56 <term><guimenuitem>Short Automatic</guimenuitem></term>
57 <listitem><para>This is like Automatic mode except that it only extends
58 what you have typed as far as the next <keycap>/</keycap> symbol in the path
59 or &URL;. Press <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>E</keycap></keycombo> to accept the
60 suggestion, &Enter; when the complete path or &URL; is
61 shown.</para></listitem>
65 <para>You should try out these different modes and pick the one that suits you
67 <para>The history of recently visited &URL;s that &konqueror; uses for the
68 Text Completion function can be viewed and edited in the <guilabel>History
69 </guilabel> page of the <link linkend="sidebar">Navigation Panel</link>.</para>
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