[NETBEANS-5317] Autocomplete interferes with multicaret

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5
• Component/s: editor - Completion & Templates, editor - Painting & Printing
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Czukowski
• Created: 03/Feb/21 14:59
• Updated: 21/Sep/21 12:08

Description

Suppose you want to introduce some constants into a class and you can copy that list somewhere and paste it into the class to work on:

<?php
class Test
{
	FOO = 1
	BAR = 2
	BAZ = 3
//	🡤 place caret to each of the 3 lines directly above here
}

This is invalid code, but it should be very easy to place a caret in front of each line, type const, jump to the end of the lines and finish it off with a semicolon.

However if you don't type fast enough and autocomplete suggestions appear, then whether you accept a suggestion or continue typing, the code gets broken.

Here's what happens if I type 'c', wait for the suggestions and continue with typing 'o':

	cBAZo = 1
	coBAZ = 2
	coBAZ = 3

Here's what happens if I type 'c', and then accept the 'const' suggestion:

	const BAZ = 1
	const BAZ = 2
	const BAZ = 3

A possible workaround is to type space, then move cursor one character to the left and then type 'const'. If instead of typing a whole 'const', a suggestion is accepted, the code gets some extra spaces, although the names remain intact:

	const  FOO = 1
	const  BAR = 2
	const BAZ = 3