How to manually trigger complete in select mode?

[weilbith]

Hey 👋

I try to do a simple mapping: :smap <C-r> <cmd>lua require('cmp').complete()<CR>. But it does not open the completion menu. The same for imap just works fine.

What am I missing?
I tried to search in the issues and discussions for help. Sorry I missed something. The term select is overloaded for this plugin. 🙈

[fitrh]

I think that's something that isn't currently possible

https://github.com/hrsh7th/nvim-cmp/blob/main/lua/cmp/core.lua#L275-L277

https://github.com/hrsh7th/nvim-cmp/blob/main/lua/cmp/utils/api.lua#L35-L38

[weilbith]

@hrsh7th may I ask whats the issue/reasoning that completion should be not allowed in select mode? 🙂

[Shougo]

Hm... I think you can move into insert mode from select mode.
Why you need to open completion window directly?

[Shougo]

I think it works.

smap <C-r> <C-o>"_di<cmd>lua require('cmp').complete()<CR>

[weilbith]

Thanks for the input!
I'm trying to improve the experience of the cmp-luasnip-choice plugin. It works kinda okay. But it doesn't work for choice nodes where you end up in select mode.
I'm trying to think if the insert mode "work around" works well for this scenario. 🤔

[Shougo]

Hm... It seems limited scenario.