My coworker was just bragging that he went into an xml file in his Dreamweaver prefs folder and deleted a few autocomplete options from the list it presents. I'm jealous right now! I looked around in the webuilder folder to see if there was a similar sort of file but couldn't find anything. Is it possible?
As an example, I'd like to remove 'widows' from the css autocomplete list.
Thanks,
Will
Possible to Edit the Auto-Complete List?
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syrupcore
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sorry for the delay, gone on vacation.Karlis wrote:So are you creating "just what I need and nothing more" css specification?
not really creating a 'just what I need' but I removing 'what I'm sure I don't need'. Also reordering a few things so that they come up to the top when a certain key is pressed. W for 'width' being the best change yet. As it was before, you'd have to type 'widt' before autocomplete would settle on 'width' just because of it's place on the list but I use the 'width' declaration more than 'widows' or 'white-space'.
just simple things like that to make my work day a little smoother - something webuilder does for me every day.
I would have to agree with syrupcore. Perhaps if the program tracked the frequency of use for each autocomplete item, and moved them to the top of the results.
Example:
If I tend to use width a lot, and whitespace every so often, then the autocomplete results would be sorted like this:
width /* Used 182 times */
whitespace /* Used 62 times */
windows /* Never used; fall back on alphabetical order */
word-spacing /* Never used; fall back on alphabetical order */
Not sure how complicated it would be or how much it would slow down the autocomplete list rendering, but it sure would be nice. The fact that autocomplete virtually fails when using 'width' is a good illustration of the problem.
Example:
If I tend to use width a lot, and whitespace every so often, then the autocomplete results would be sorted like this:
width /* Used 182 times */
whitespace /* Used 62 times */
windows /* Never used; fall back on alphabetical order */
word-spacing /* Never used; fall back on alphabetical order */
Not sure how complicated it would be or how much it would slow down the autocomplete list rendering, but it sure would be nice. The fact that autocomplete virtually fails when using 'width' is a good illustration of the problem.
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chrisjlocke
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It would make it horrendously slow, as it would have to sort this list each time you used the autocomplete.
Nice in theory, but horrible in practice. Also, if you were using a project that required you using 'windows', you'd have to use it an awful lot to 'catch up' with 'width' to bump it to the top.
The Firefox searchbox tries to use a best of both worlds. It has an alphabetical list of sites, but also (at the top) has a small list of the most frequently used.
Nice in theory, but horrible in practice. Also, if you were using a project that required you using 'windows', you'd have to use it an awful lot to 'catch up' with 'width' to bump it to the top.
The Firefox searchbox tries to use a best of both worlds. It has an alphabetical list of sites, but also (at the top) has a small list of the most frequently used.
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syrupcore
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I'm with chris 100%. too much introspection leads to Visual Studio type sluggish bloat. meh. I'd rather the program order them in a simple logical way (alphabetical works great). With the addition of being able to edit the lists by hand, it's the best of both worlds. I'm not sure if those edits roll forward when upgrading. If not, that'd be a solid feature request. 
Will
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