<chapter id="path-complete"> <chapterinfo> <authorgroup> <author >&Pamela.Roberts;</author> <othercredit role="translator" ><firstname >John</firstname ><surname >Knight</surname ><affiliation ><address ><email >anarchist_tomato@herzeleid.net</email ></address ></affiliation ><contrib >Conversion to British English</contrib ></othercredit > </authorgroup > <date >2003-11-05</date > <releaseinfo >3.2</releaseinfo > </chapterinfo> <title >Automatic Text Completion</title > <para >You can get &konqueror; to help you enter a path or &URL; into the Location Toolbar by enabling one of the <guimenuitem >Text Completion</guimenuitem > features. To do this <mousebutton >right</mousebutton > click on a clear part of the Location Toolbar text entry box and select <guisubmenu >Text Completion</guisubmenu > from the pop up menu. This will let you choose between the following options:</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term ><guimenuitem >None</guimenuitem ></term> <listitem ><para >What you get is what you type.</para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><guimenuitem >Manual</guimenuitem ></term> <listitem ><para >When you have typed part of a path or &URL;, pressing <keycombo action="simul" >&Ctrl;<keycap >E</keycap ></keycombo > will complete the entry if it is possible to do so unambiguously.</para ></listitem > </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><guimenuitem >Automatic</guimenuitem ></term> <listitem ><para >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 is not what you wanted or press &Enter; to accept it.</para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><guimenuitem >Dropdown List</guimenuitem ></term> <listitem ><para >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 <keysym >Down Arrow</keysym > and <keysym >Up Arrow</keysym > keys to select it then press &Enter;.</para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><guimenuitem >Short Automatic</guimenuitem ></term> <listitem ><para >This is like Automatic mode except that it only extends what you have typed as far as the next <keycap >/</keycap > symbol in the path or &URL;. Press <keycombo action="simul" >&Ctrl;<keycap >E</keycap ></keycombo > to accept the suggestion, &Enter; when the complete path or &URL; is shown.</para ></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> <para >You should try out these different modes and pick the one that suits you best.</para> <para >The history of recently visited &URL;s that &konqueror; uses for the Text Completion function can be viewed and edited in the <guilabel >History </guilabel > page of the <link linkend="sidebar" >Navigation Panel</link >.</para> </chapter> <!-- Local Variables: mode: sgml sgml-omittag: nil sgml-shorttag: t sgml-minimize-attributes: nil sgml-general-insert-case: lower sgml-parent-document:("index.docbook" "book" "chapter") End: -->