robotframework / robotframework/RIDE
Autocomplete of Dictionary Variables
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Description
When passing dictionary arguments to a library function, if we press Ctrl+Alt+Space to autocomplete, it completes dictionary variable name as is, i.e. starting with "&". However we should always pass any variable starting with "$". Because of this I get following error when I run TC.
Verify Call App State &{USER_A} CA1 idle
Keyword 'first.Verify Call App State' got positional argument after named arguments.
If I change & to $, it works fine. Can we modify autocomplete in Test edit section so that it always uses $ for all kind of variables?
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Research direction
Start by locating the autocomplete handling in RIDE's Test edit section and reproduce the Ctrl+Alt+Space behavior with a dictionary variable. Confirm that completion currently preserves the '&' prefix, then verify that dictionary-variable completion uses '$' and no longer produces the reported Robot Framework argument error.
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- Tech stack
- python
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- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
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- 3/5
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- 1-2 days
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