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4.5. Auto-completion
While typing in Python source code, Wing Personal and higher will display a context-appropriate auto-completion list. To use it, type until the correct symbol is hilighted in the list (or use the up/down arrow keys) and then press the Tab key or double click on an item. Wing will fill in the remaining characters for the source symbol, correcting any spelling errors you might have made in the name.
To alter which keys cause auto-completion to occur, use the Auto-completion Keys preference. Ctrl-click on the list to select multiple keys.
To cancel out of the auto-completion popup, press the Esc key or ctrl-g. The auto-completer will also disappear when you exit the source symbol (for example, by pushing space or any other character that can't be contained in a source symbol), if you click elsewhere on the surface of the source code, or if you issue other keyboard-bound commands that are not accepted by the auto-completer (for example, save through keyboard equivalent).
Auto-completion covers most but not all possible scenarios at this time. See section Source Code Analysis for more information on current capabilities and how to help Wing determine the types of values.
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