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Build ID: M20090211-1700 Steps To Reproduce: 1. In any editor (for example, java editor) type String s = "abc"; s = s.<control space><tab> to present and focus the autocompletion list view of string methods. 2. Press any character to go to a method that starts with this character, for example 't' to go to the first method that starts with 't' (in my case is toLowercase()). Expected result: focus should go to the method that starts with the characters typed. Actual result: focus remains in the first method of the autocompletion list. More information: In other list views, such as menu help -> about eclipse sdk->feature details I'm able to navigate by characters.
This happens because we use a SWT.VIRTUAL table. The behavior makes sense to prevent eager loading of the items when a key is pressed. Steve, is there a way to workaround this on our side?
Not really, other than add the key listener. However, plaforms such as GTK have really funky popup that allows type ahead. The real fix would be to add API to enable searching in the model.
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