[Issue] Tab and moving vs. autofill

[bit3m3]

Good day,

does anybody else has this problem?
In al list in a column when you tab it moves to the right until you hit enter and then it starts a row lower in the same column you started with tab. (so far so good)
Now you ahve a text in the colum that is aolmost simulair so autofill gives a hint. When i think that this is the correct item i want to tab the the cell on the rigth but now it gives me an other suggestion that has the same letter combination..... (not what i expect)

We use 2.4OO (dutch) on Windows 2003 & Xp (same behaviour)

Is there an option in OpenOffice to disable this behaviour?

Thnx

Jerry

[keme]

Menu item Tools - Cell contents - AutoInput toggles this functionality on/off. Options exist for selecting the current item, but they are not satisfactory in most cases:
You could use the arrow keys to accept the entry, but then you lose the memory of the left border, which is useful for speedy data entry.
You could press ctrl+D to show the entire autoinput list, but then you need to scroll down or type after pressing ctrl+D to find your item.

What's more practical is to switch off autoinput, then press ctrl+D when you want the autoinput list. Typing will work as a speedsearch, and enter will select the item, exactly like ctrl+D works when autoinput is enabled.

[Hagar Delest]

See also that thread: [Issue + workaround] AutoInput and use of TAB & Enter keys. (Issue 18748).