GNU bug report logs - #57423
Completions Buffer requiring window switching or mouse activity

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: wilnerthomas <at> tutanota.com

Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 01:20:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: wilnerthomas <at> tutanota.com
To: Bug Gnu Emacs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Completions Buffer requiring window switching or mouse activity
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 03:18:58 +0200 (CEST)

Using  "M-x COMMAND TAB"  to display minibuffer commands, one gets a 
temporary Completions Buffer that says

Click on a completion to select it

Consequently, one cannot complete or go through the possibilities in the minibuffer, 
but am being forced to either switch to it with "C-x o" a couple of times, or having
 to use the mouse.

An effective way that improves the frequent minibuffer activity (e.g. icomplete lets user
select a completion without having to smitch windows), emacs can automatically switch
to the completions buffer so one can get to a possible selection using the arrow keys.
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