How do I stop Notepad++ from showing autocomplete for all words in the file

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I'm trying to use Notepad++ with the Progress programming language.

I have installed the language definition in %APPDATA%\Roaming\Notepad++ as userDefineLang.xml and syntax highlighting is working correctly.

I've put a file in the notepad++ Plugins\APIs directory named progress.xml, but the contents are not recognized by Notepad++.

I've also removed all the other language files from that directory and Notepad++ still shows the exact same autocomplete suggestions it did before I removed them.

Also, when typing in a program, it looks like every word in the file is an auto-complete suggestion, not just the keywords or function names.

Anyone know how to track this down?

score 318 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 14 '17 at 18:24

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Notepad++ provides 2 types of features:

Auto-completion that read the open file and provide suggestion of words and/or functions within the file
Suggestion with the arguments of functions (specific to the language)

Based on what you write, it seems what you want is auto-completion on function only + suggestion on arguments.

To do that, you just need to change a setting.

Go to Settings > Preferences... > Auto-completion
Check Enable Auto-completion on each input
Select Function completion and not Word completion
Check Function parameter hint on input (if you have this option)

On version 6.5.5 of Notepad++, I have this setting settings

Some documentation about auto-completion is available in Notepad++ Wiki.

edited Sep 14 '17 at 18:24

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answered Mar 25 '14 at 13:21

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Is it possible to disable this only for normal text files? – schuelermine Apr 15 '18 at 14:07
@Mark Neu Not that I know. If you need this, you could try some other editors like Visual Code. – Jean-Francois T. Apr 16 '18 at 15:06
For the english version: `Alt+t>p>a>` and then a manual click on `"Enable auto-completion on each input"`. I have not yet applied https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34609009/notepad-adding-a-new-shortcut-for-an-existing-command to map the last manual click to a keyboard command. – a.t. Jul 19 '20 at 09:39
I like this feature, it would be nice to have an option to only do this on certain file extensions. When you create a new file and have yet to save, it still does auto-completion, which I would like that disabled. I've also noticed on an entirely blank file, starting to type the first word, the auto-completion box briefly comes up and goes away. It's trying to auto-complete on the very first word. It slows down typing. Hoping this feature can get optimized a bit. – ScottN Oct 28 '21 at 16:59
This works for the current session on Ubuntu. On each reboot this resets. Any idea? @Jean-FrancoisT. – Abdullah Khan Apr 20 '22 at 08:26
@AbdullahKhan Is it Ubuntu run on a Thumbdrive? Are you admin user? No idea how to help you. Probably a question on https://askubuntu.com/ ?? – Jean-Francois T. Apr 20 '22 at 12:22
Yeah running Ubuntu on my local machine as an admin – Abdullah Khan Apr 20 '22 at 13:33

score 20 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 03 '18 at 22:42

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The answer is to DISABLE "Enable auto-completion on each input". Tested and works perfectly.

edited Dec 03 '18 at 22:42

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answered Oct 17 '14 at 21:10

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How do I stop Notepad++ from showing autocomplete for all words in the file

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