Re: What is This Functionality Called?

[Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- progeny -dot- com>]

"Carol Anne T. Wall" wrote:

> Question:  What do you call the function where you type a letter and the
> first item in your combo box that corresponds to that letter displays.  If
> you select that letter again, the next item with that same letter displays,
> if there is a second item in your list.  The users want this functionality
> documented, but it's hard to document something you can't name.
> 

In the BASH shell in Linux, this is called "tab completion" ,because you
press the Tab key to get possible completions.

Maybe "auto-completion" would work in this context?

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