autocompletion broken

[dieterdreist]

Since today (at least, this was introduced lately but can also be in the last 4-5 days) autocompletion is broken: when you try to add text to an autocompleted text (tags or changeset comment) it will continue typing at the point _before_ autocompletion completed the text.

[stoecker]

I don't understand your text. I should be before autocompletion added texts. What do you expect?

[dieterdreist]

Replying to stoecker:

I don't understand your text. I should be before autocompletion added texts. What do you expect?

sorry for not beeing clear:

1. begin text
2. autocompletion works and completes text
3. text is not selected any more
4. I add text to modify but then the already autocompleted text disappears again

This behaviour was different before, there is something changed.

[stoecker]

@bastiK:

I think this is your issue. I promised to never touch that code again.

[bastiK]

Cannot reproduce.

Step 1-3 is clear. Could you descibe in more detail, under what circumstances the text disappears and what sequence of key strokes leads to this behaviour?

[anonymous]

What OS do you use. I remember there have been big differences between operating systems.

[dieterdreist]

Replying to anonymous:

What OS do you use. I remember there have been big differences between operating systems.

Linux 2.6.32-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 28 13:27:30 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
Ubuntu 10.04

[bastiK]

Could you describe in more detail?

[stoecker]

Ticket #4824 has been marked as a duplicate of this ticket.

[stoecker]

See also #5074 for a good description.

[anonymous]

Replying to stoecker:

See also #5074 for a good description.

I guess this is a typo, which No. did you mean?

[stoecker]

Sorry - See #4824 I meant.

[bastiK]

Is it really the same issue?

I guess in #4824 the user complains that the longer form 'name:botanical' is used for autocompletion instead of 'name'. So you have to press delete.

[bastiK]

The behaviour has changed in the "add or change tag" dialog , but I expect it to be the same in upload dialog / relation dialog after the recent changes.

[stoecker]

I think the issue is, that sometimes clicking alone can lead to accepting of autocomplete suggestions. That probably should not happen. This seems very similar to this report, where also the handling of autocomplete suggestion does not do what is expected.

[stoecker]

See also #3322. Probably also related.

[bastiK]

@dieterdreist:
I cannot reproduce the problem you described. Apparently it is caused by my autocompletion changes, but without detailed info on what is actually wrong, I have to close as 'worksforme'.

[dieterdreist]

Replying to bastiK:

@dieterdreist:
I cannot reproduce the problem you described. Apparently it is caused by my autocompletion changes, but without detailed info on what is actually wrong, I have to close as 'worksforme'.

That's fine for me, because I can't reproduce it neither...
dD

[dieterdreist]

sorry, I reopen this because there are other users who seem to experience the same problem as described above (even if it seems currently to work for me).

[bastiK]

I'd be happy to hear from these other users, closing for now.

[dieterdreist]

Replying to bastiK:

I'd be happy to hear from these other users, closing for now.

​http://josm.openstreetmap.de/ticket/4824
was the reference I was thinking about.