Auto-complete in Rename Note menu?

[tmladek]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. When I rename a note (typically when filing a scratch note), I need to type the final filename exactly, i.e. without any typos, usually involving re-typing the path I am looking at in the "Workspace" pane. This is tedious and error-prone.

(Not to mention, once I open the Rename Note dialog, I cannot interact with the rest of the VS Code UI without making the dialog disappear, making it impossible i.e. to scroll and find the exact name of a path component I am looking for: was it "tech.issues" or "tech.problems"...?)

Describe the solution you'd like Something like auto-complete within this dialog also. I know it's possible with Lookup, so something similar should be possible in the Rename dialog too.

Describe alternatives you've considered I can just select all the text and then use Lookup, thus cutting/pasting the text into the new note and then deleting the note afterwards, but that feels a bit too indirect.

[kpathakota]

This is no longer an issue (rename note auto-populates the current note).

[tmladek]

Hi, I believe this may be a misunderstanding - my problem is that the final note name is difficult and error-prone to enter.

This "final name" being different from the current (auto-populated) one, hence why I don't think the autopopulation is a solution (in fact, I think the current note name could have been populated already when I filed this issue).

[kpathakota]

@tmladek - yup I misread what you wrote, though now I'm unsure how this will work.

VSCode only has one editor window in focus at a time so how would we understand which path is expected for the new note? I think auto-complete is the way to go here (to auto-complete to existing hierarchy). I will triage/move into the appropriate area in that case.

[aleksey-rowan]

This issue is featured in this week's round of CROP.