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<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>

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<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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