Unreasonably irritating autocomplete behavior

[jeremymatt]

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Problem Description & Steps to Reproduce

CAVEAT: I realize this is a minor issue and it probably irritates me more than it should. I also realize that I can use the esc key to avoid this problem. Thanks for all the work you put into Spyder, it's a great tool.

That said:
Autocomplete is annoyingly unhelpful when revising a line of code. Say I need to add a function call around some existing code (i.e. =float(), when I type "float(", the autocomplete popup appears. When I hit "end" to try to add the closing paren, I end up at the end of the autocomplete popup instead of at the end of the line (see the screenshot).

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Personally, I'd like to see the "end" key move the cursor to the end of the line of code instead of the end of the autocomplete popup

Versions

• Spyder version: 5.3.2
• Python version: 3.9.12
• Operating System name/version: windows 11

[ccordoba12]

Hey @jeremymatt, thanks for reporting. I think this is a good suggestion and (fortunately) not a difficult one to implement. We'll try to come up with a fix for it in our next version (5.4.1), to be released before the end of the year.

You also said

Thanks for all the work you put into Spyder, it's a great tool.

Thanks for your kind words! We're really glad to know you find it useful for your work.

[jeremymatt]

Fantastic to hear!