Minimum auto complete length please

[CaptainCrowbar]

Can we please have a minimum length before auto complete triggers? It’s a bit annoying having the list pop up every time I type a one-letter variable name, I’d like it to show up only after at least 2 letters.

[C0D312]

You could change the autocompletion delay. By default, it starts at “auto_complete_delay”: 50. You can set that to say, 200, so that autocomplete stays out of the way. There was a point when Sublime needed a 2 or 3 characters before activating, but that was changed.

[addons_zz]

+1

May we have this?

[kingkeith]

Issue: Minimum auto complete length

[idleberg]

Can we please have a minimum length before auto complete triggers?

I know the feeling, but what annoys me even more is the fuzzy nature of auto-completions. I understand this has its advantages, but I wish these could be controlled in an option.

See this post for details:

When to use snippets, completions?

For most users, there's probably little difference between snippets or completions, both let you insert blocks of code with tab-stops. There is, however, one difference that I find rather substantial. Take the trigger pre-word for instance. When using completions, the trigger is working in fuzzy mode – I could type word and the pre-word would be among the suggestions in the completion popup. If it was a snippet, I would have to start with the letter p (or, more intuitively, use the entire pre …