-AutoCompleteOptions

Use the -AutoCompleteOptions command to apply auto-completion of command names and system variable names as you type them.

It is the command window variant of the AutoCompleteOptions command.

To set options for automatic completion of commands:

1. Type -AutoCompleteOptions at the command prompt.
2. Specify options:
   • Auto Suggestion. Specifies whether command and variable names are automatically completed as you type.
   • List Display. Specifies whether a suggestion list of valid command names is displayed as you type. This list appears above the command prompt or below the Quick Input box near the pointer.

     If you turned on the display of the suggestion list, specify more options:

     • Aliases. Specifies options related to alias commands:
       1. Specify whether to include alias command names in the suggestion list.
       2. If you specified to include alias command namess, specify whether to display the aliased command name in brackets behind the alias name.
     • System variables. Specifies whether to include system variable names in the suggestion list
     • Delay. Sets a delay time (in milliseconds) which passes before the suggestion list displays.
     • Midstring. Specifies whether to browse all command names for occurences of the string you type at any location within the names. Otherwise the suggestion list displays the names that begin with the characters you typed.
3. Press Enter.

Access

Command: -AutoCompleteOptions