Accept First Suggestion Without Showing Menu

[paulhdk]

I would like to map C-y to accept the first suggestion in the list without showing the completion list. Currently, I have to toggle the completion menu before being able to accept the first suggestion. I'm aware of cmp.show_and_insert_or_accept_single(), but it doesn't exactly fit my intended purpose, because it will only show the completion menu when there are multiple selections.

I would like to unconditionally accept the first suggestion without showing the menu.

Any ideas?

Here are my completion settings in case they help.

		completion = {
			menu = {
				auto_show = false,
			},
			ghost_text = {
				enabled = true,
				show_with_selection = true,
				show_with_menu = true,
				show_without_selection = false,
				show_without_menu = false,
			},
			list = {
				selection = {
					preselect = true,
					auto_insert = false,
				},
			},
			documentation = { auto_show = false },
		},

[soifou]

Setting completion.ghost_text.show_without_menu = true and ['<C-y>'] = { 'select_and_accept', 'fallback' }, (or simply accept) should work.

[soifou]

Ok I'm hooked and the change is trivial. Quick naming question: blind = true feel right? Or something else like ignore_visibility? Something like this would be memorable I guess:

['<C-y>'] = { function(cmp) return cmp.accept({ blind = true }) end, 'fallback' }

[saghen]

How about force?

[paulhdk]

From your suggestions, I would probably lean towards force because it uses established terminology.

The only other names I can think of are implicit, hidden, or invisible (maybe even accept_implicit, accept_hidden, or accept_invisible). What do you think?

[soifou]

Implemented in 3182a89, I went with the force option and added a recipe too.

[paulhdk]

Awesome - thank you!

[paulhdk]

Just tried it out. Works perfectly! The way I ended up mapping it was with

			["<C-y>"] = {
				function(cmp)
					return cmp.show_and_insert_or_accept_single({ force = true })
				end,
				"fallback",
			},

This blindly autocompletes if there is only one item and shows the menu otherwise. This matches the way I have set up autocomplete in my shell. Let me know if this is worth another recipe and I'm happy to make a contribution (or feel free to add it yourself).

[soifou]

Please feel free to open a PR with the updated recipe here: https://github.com/saghen/blink.cmp/blob/main/doc/recipes.md?plain=1#L150-L180. Your input and thoughts would be particularly valuable for this feature!

[paulhdk]

Added a third recipe here: #2306

I also notice the following with my config using show_and_insert_or_accept_single: if there are multiple completion candidates and the menu opens, ghost text won't show. It will only start showing once I move through the menu. Is that intended behaviour? If no, happy to look into that one as well.