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Entering a period in PropellerIDE

LevLev Posts: 182
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Everyone,
I have been using PropellerIDE more and more since getting my MacBookPro. It works great so far. The only frustration comes when I need to enter a period in my code between an object name and a method, for example" newObject.start". The IDE prompts me with a little blue window with a period in it, and I have to click the window to get the period placed where it is needed. Very annoying when there are lot of method calls. Is there any way to get rid of this?
Thanks!

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  • Brett WeirBrett Weir Posts: 288
    Hi there, Lev,

    All you have to do is disable auto-complete. Press F5 on most platforms (Cmd+Comma on Mac) to open Preferences, select the General tab, and uncheck the box next to "Enable AutoComplete".

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    If you don't want to disable the feature completely, you can always press Escape to close the box instead of using the mouse.
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  • LevLev Posts: 182
    Thank you Brett. That is very helpful. Problem solved! I didn't realize the blue box was an autocorrect feature.

    I had tried the ESC key, which killed the blue box, but it only brought me back to the beginning with no period inserted in the text. Then ,typing a period opened another blue box.
  • msrobotsmsrobots Posts: 3,709
    Lev wrote: »
    Thank you Brett. That is very helpful. Problem solved! I didn't realize the blue box was an autocorrect feature.

    I had tried the ESC key, which killed the blue box, but it only brought me back to the beginning with no period inserted in the text. Then ,typing a period opened another blue box.

    Sounds frustrating. Tried SPACE and a period? Works in VS.

    Enjoy!

    Mike
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