Is tab key completion possible with SciTE currently?

[nkmathew]

It's been years since I saw a similar question and I'd like to imagine SciTE's improved enough for this to be possible somehow even with Lua. Basically triggering the completion menu using the tab key while also retaining the indentation function

[Neil Hodgson]

nkmathew:

> It's been years since I saw a similar question and I'd like to imagine SciTE's improved enough for this to be possible somehow even with Lua. Basically triggering the completion menu using the tab key while also retaining the indentation function

You can attach a Lua function (defined in the Lua Startup Script) to the Tab key with settings similar to:

command.name.37.*=MyTab
command.37.*=MyTab
command.mode.37.*=subsystem:lua,savebefore:no,quiet:yes
command.shortcut.37.*=Tab

Neil

[nkmathew]

Simple version for anyone interested:

function MyTab()
  char = editor.CharAt[editor.CurrentPos - 1]
  column = editor.Column[editor.CurrentPos]
  _space = 32
  _tab = 9
  _newline = 10
  seltext = editor:GetSelText() or ''
  canTab = char == _space or char == _tab or char == _newline or column == 0
  if canTab or #seltext > 2 then
    editor:Tab()
  else
    scite.MenuCommand(IDM_COMPLETEWORD)
  end
end