Complete tag from drop-down menu with Tab key?

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We can use the Tab key to autocomplete the links between [[ and ]]. But we cannot use Tab with the tag autocomplete menu.

I think that behaviour is counterintuitive. Since the tag list and the file list both perform autocomplete, they both should respond to the Tab key as well.

Thanks for listening. :slight_smile:

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Seems like a small and useful feature. +1!

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Another discrepancy is that auto-completing tags adds an extra space at the end, whereas auto-completing links does not. Personally I never want the extra space, but if others find it valuable I think it would be nice for this to be a customizable setting.

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you can use ‘enter’ key for both as a workaround.

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I propose to use the Tab key for autocompleting til the / (slash) in subtags. Sometimes I have many subtags depending on one tag and it’s cumbersome selecting it with the arrow keys and press Enter, it’s easier to write a few words then autocomplete / write a few words then autocomplete / and so on.

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Is this still something that’s being considered? I think an option to use TAB to autocomplete tags would be great. Helps me with muscle memory from Sublime…

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I’ve never noticed this behavior til now. I was trying to create a new nested tag, then I’ve noticed I can’t autocomplete the root of the name using tab. I first thought it was because of any community plugin causing interference, but it seems like it’s not.

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I’m using the Various Complements plugin to autocomplete everything with the Tab key and find it quite infuriating that I need to switch to Enter to complete tags… So, yes please :slight_smile:

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And in case you want to create a similarly named nested tag (for example you have #tags/education and you want to create #tags/education-policies), you would have to press enter, delete the extra space in the end and write -policies. So yes, it’s a little bit annoying.

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Am I missing something or has this just been ignored for years?

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I would really appreciate this, as essentially every other piece of software completes drop downs with tab, including this website when typing emojies :slight_smile:

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will be implemented in v1.5. No ETAs.

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