prompt-toolkit / prompt-toolkit/python-prompt-toolkit

Move cursor one position after accepting a completion

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This work is great -- thanks for everything you've built!

I have a use case where I yield completions for different search operators. An example would be searching for a book, and the completion suggestions are things like author or title. But in the prompt that I use these completions, I actually need to specify the operators like author:"<AUTHOR>" or title:(). For author I have to bracket the author's name in quotations, and for title I have to bracket it in curved brackets.

I include these completions: author:"" and title:(). But after accepting one of these completions I would like to automatically move the cursor position back one so that the user can begin directly writing the author name or title. Is this possible?

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Start by tracing the completion-acceptance path in prompt-toolkit and how it updates the cursor position after inserting text. Reproduce the issue with completions such as author:"" and title:(), then verify that accepting them leaves the cursor ready to enter the value inside the delimiters.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
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3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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Stale
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Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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