<S-Tab> completion

[kurkale6ka]

Hi,

Is it currently possible to configure <S-Tab> to start completion in the opposite direction of <Tab>? So with let g:vcm_direction = 'n', <S-Tab> would start completion backwards.

[ackyshake]

It does that already. Do you have something else mapped to Shift Tab?

[kurkale6ka]

i <S-Tab> <Plug>vim_completes_me_backward

and an example:

find

f<(s-)tab> always proposes find first, never for

for

[ackyshake]

I'm confused.

If I have the file as:

1. foo
2. bar
3. find
4. for
5. f

and then type Shift-Tab after "f" on line 5, I get the popup. Then pressing Shift-tab again, the completion for "for" is selected.

Is that not what you're seeing or am I misunderstanding your question?

[kurkale6ka]

The default behaviour for the plugin is to get the preceding word when using <tab>. <s-tab> should do the opposite. In your example 'foo' should be selected. Another one:

1. foo
2. f<tab> -> foo, f<s-tab> -> find
3. find

[ackyshake]

I see what you're saying now.

But, the plugin only uses the existing behavior of Ctrl-X_Ctrl-N/P. The vcm_direction variable, then, controls the selection direction inside the popup window.

In your previous example, if you had configured let g:vcm_direction = 'p', it would have selected "foo" after pressing shift-tab after "f" on line 2.