Terry J. Reedy added the comment: It is intentional that <modifier> <tab> be treated as a normal tab. The autocomplete_event tab handler begins with if hasattr(event, "mc_state") and event.mc_state: # A modifier was pressed along with the tab, continue as usual. return
To fix the problem with tabs at the beginning of a line within multiline strings, I am adding to the condition a clause to catch tabs at the beginning of lines, whether within a multiline string or not. or not self.text.get("insert linestart", "insert").strip() Tests still pass with this addition. I need to add a test that fails without it. I think a tab should bring up completion box even immediately after an opening quote, as in open('<tab> Typing a letter fails to open a box if there is only one completion, so that is not a foolproof way to get a box with all choices. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue16198> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com