Allow Tab and Shift-Tab to be disabled or reassigned

[SephVelut]

I'm using zsh-autosuggestions and it allows me to use its completion with tab and shift+tab. I like it's completion. But I also want to use autocomplete. The problem is that this plugin also uses tab and shift+tab. How can I disable those two keys for autocomplete?

I tried

 zstyle ':autocomplete:*' bindkey no

and

 zstyle ':autocomplete:*' bind-key no

[marlonrichert]

It's currently not possible to disable or reassign Zsh Autocomplete's Tab and Shift-Tab functionality. I'll have to think about what would be the best way to make this possible.

[marlonrichert]

As a workaround, you can add the following to your .zshrc file, after sourcing Zsh Autocomplete:

add-zsh-hook precmd bind-tab
bind-tab() {
  bindkey '\t' <your preferred tab widget>
  bindkey $terminfo[kcbt] <your preferred shift-tab widget>
}

@SephVelut @LoLei @Alex-duzhichao @crushingCodes @AndreCascais @mjrussell

[lordzsolt]

@marlonrichert A bit of a followup question/request, I would also like to disable or tweak the Tab behavior.

If you have the following directories:

foo1
foo2
foo3

The moment I write cd fo and press Tab, I want it to autocomplete cd foo rather than cd foo1.

Is there any possibility for that?

[marlonrichert]

@lordzsolt Yes, that’s possible. Just set the following setting to yes: https://github.com/marlonrichert/zsh-autocomplete/blob/5b0073d8ffde20498c820f94ddc62b7f3f54cfc7/.zshrc#L37

[oldo]

@marlonrichert I also am trying to achieve the same thing as @lordzsolt however your suggestion of setting insert-unambiguous to yes is not making any difference for me.

[marlonrichert]

@oldo Works for me:

% cd $(mktemp -d)
> .zshrc <<EOF
PS1='%# ' PS2= RPS2='%^'; setopt transientrprompt interactivecomments
source /path/to/zsh-autocomplete.plugin.zsh
zstyle ':autocomplete:*' insert-unambiguous yes
EOF
env -i HOME=$PWD PATH=$PATH TERM=$TERM ${TERMINFO:+TERMINFO=$TERMINFO} zsh -d

Please use the above to create a reproducible test case. If I can't reproduce it, then I can't fix it.

[marlonrichert]

I just realized what would be a good way to give more control over Tab and Shift-Tab assignment: Just don't override the current keybinding.

I'll add this to my TODO list.

[marlonrichert]

I haven't found the time to implement this yet. It's not complex, though. The following should be done:

• [ ] If the currently supported zstyle for this has been set, use that (for backwards compatibility.
• [ ] Remove the zstyle from the docs.
• [ ] If it hasn't been set, then don't override the current keybindings.
• [ ] Add this to the documentation.

Pull requests welcome! 🙂