Options for Autocomplete

[Seyi Soremekun]

Stata 17 suggests autocompletion options when you type a few letters in a do file.
I don't want to turn this nice feature off, however I would like it not to select the first word option in the autocomplete list when I press 'enter'. My primary use of 'enter' is to move to the next line; however when autocomplete is on the result is random unwanted word completions autotyped in my do files.
I have a read a few previous threads, this being closest to my issue:

https://www.statalist.org/forums/forum/general-stata-discussion/general/1508902-autocomplete-shortcuts-in-stata16

None seem to have a solution to my problem (apologies in advance if I've missed a thread). Is the only option to disable autocomplete entirely?

[Clyde Schechter]

As far as I know, there is no way around this. I agree that this is an undesirable feature of autocomplete, and I wish that StataCorp would change that behavior, or at least provide an option to change that behavior. May I suggest that you repost this as a suggestion in the Wish List for Stata 18 thread, where it is more likely it will be seen by the relevant people at StataCorp?

[Seyi Soremekun]

Thanks - will do.