<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>


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