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Motif and CDE 2.1 Style Guide Certification Checklist

Prefix Completion

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When the user enters a printing character into a text-display field with prefix completion, move the cursor in the associated list to the next item that matches the prefix. Then, select the item and place its text contents into the text-display field. Leave the text cursor in place after the character that was just typed.

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When the user enters a printing character into a text-display field with prefix completion, and there is no item matching the prefix, generate a warning signal. Do not make any changes to the appearance of the list or of the text-display field.

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When the user enters a printing character in a text-display field with prefix completion, and the associated list is not displayed, do one of the following:

  1. Display the list if V also displays the list.

  2. Navigate in the list as indicated and select the appropriate list item, displaying it in the text field without displaying the list.

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