Positron equivalent to "Use tab for multiline autocompletions" in RStudio

[mattwarkentin]

Hi,

Is there a Positron setting to enable multiline autocompletions using tabs similar to in RStudio? I haven't found a way to enable this yet.

[DavisVaughan]

Where do multiline autocompletions come up?

[mattwarkentin]

For example, let's say you have a function with many arguments that you want to span across multiple lines rather than a single line:

# Single line
function(x = 1, y = 2, z = 3)

# Multi line
function(
  x = 1,
  y = 2,
  z = 3
)

In the single line example, pressing TAB at any point inside the parentheses will show argument autocompletions. However, for the multi-line scenario, pressing TAB on an empty line will just add tab/spaces rather than trigger the argument autocompletions. The Use tab for multiline autocompletions setting in RStudio enable autocompletions when pressing tab on new lines within function calls.

Hopefully this showcases what I mean by showing the behaviour in RStudio...

Screen.Recording.2024-08-13.at.2.37.29.PM.mov

And the behaviour in Positron...

Screen.Recording.2024-08-13.at.2.34.18.PM.mov

[juliasilge]

Thanks for this clarification! I've opened #4396 to track and prioritize this feature request.