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Bug 352756

Summary:	Content assist computes prefix incorrectly in some cases
Product:	[ECD] Orion	Reporter:	Karol Gusak <karol>
Component:	Editor	Assignee:	Project Inbox <orion.editor-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	john.arthorne
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:

Description Karol Gusak

2011-07-21 10:00:10 EDT

A prefix passed to the content assist providers is computed incorrectly in some occasions. I've found out that the prefix is empty when there's only a dollar sign $ before the caret position. In some languages it's being used for variables, so it probably should be treated as a prefix. Probably similar problem occurs with other symbols apply in some languages?

Comment 1 John Arthorne

2011-12-20 13:06:28 EST

This is working as designed. The prefix contains only the alphanumeric characters preceeding the current cursor position. If you want to do anything fancier, the content assist engine has access to the entire editor buffer and selection so you can look at the characters preceeding the prefix if you want.