&Pamela.Roberts;
2003-11-05
3.2

# Automatic Text Completion

You can get &konqueror; to help you enter a path or &URL; into the Location Toolbar by enabling one of the Text Completion features. To do this right click on a clear part of the Location Toolbar text entry box and select Text Completion from the pop up menu. This will let you choose between the following options:

None

  What you get is what you type.

Manual

  When you have typed part of a path or &URL;, pressing &Ctrl;E will complete the entry if it is possible to do so unambiguously.

Automatic

  As you type into the Location Toolbar window &konqueror; will automatically extend what you type to complete one possible path or &URL;, highlighting the characters it has added. Continue typing if that's not what you wanted or press &Enter; to accept it.

Dropdown List

  A drop-down window will appear as you type, showing the possible matches to what you have typed so far. When the path or &URL; that you want appears in the window double click on it with the &LMB;. You can also use the Down Arrow and Up Arrow keys to select it then press &Enter;.

Short Automatic

  This is like Automatic mode except that it only extends what you have typed as far as the next / symbol in the path or &URL;. Press &Ctrl;E to accept the suggestion, &Enter; when the complete path or &URL; is shown.

You should try out these different modes and pick the one that suits you best.

The history of recently visited &URL;s that &konqueror; uses for the Text Completion function can be viewed and edited in the History page of the Navigation Panel.