Annoyance: CSS Auto-Complete - Tab Key (WeBuilder 7.2.0.68)

[myitguy]

Currently the auto-complete only pops up after the Space or Enter keys are pressed. It would be nice if the Tab key also prompted this.

For example, if I hit Enter after typing my selector & opening brace, auto-complete will show up in the same column where I started my selector. If I then cancel the auto-complete dialog with the Esc key, and then press Tab, I would like to see the auto-complete dialog at that point.

For example, I would prefer:

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p.text {
  color:black;
}

Instead of:

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p.text {
color:black;
}

I realize this behaviour can be changed a bit using the "Rule Formatting" in the CSS Options, but I don't ALWAYS want my CSS on a single line, nor do I ALWAYS want it on a seperate line.

[chrisjlocke]

I'm sure you know, but just in case. If you do cancel the auto-complete, and press TAB, you're right in that it doesn't pop back up again, but you can get it by pressing CTRL+SPACE.

I use v7.2, and when typing the selector and the opening brace, it automatically indents by one tab (no need to press Enter or space):

[myitguy]

Actually I didn't know about CTRL-Space. Thank you. That will be a good work-around until this is fixed.

As for the functionality you describe, that is caused by the Rule Formatting in Preferences > Language Options > CSS. By the looks of it, you have chosen "Multi lines, Opening brace: On the same line with selector".

As I said in my previous post, it would be nice if this did not have to be selected in the options. If I want my properties on the same line as my selector, I should just be able to type them that way without having to select "Single line", and if I want the properties on mulitple lines, I can just use the Enter key.

Again, this is probably more of an irritation than a 'bug'.