Bug 170081 - AutoInput Filter does not work for entries other than the first
Summary: AutoInput Filter does not work for entries other than the first
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.8.3.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
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Reported: 2025-12-22 09:10 UTC by Wungsten
Modified: 2026-01-17 10:41 UTC (History)
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Description Wungsten 2025-12-22 09:10:36 UTC
Description:
I cannot get AutoInput to work. If I type, say =c in a cell I immediately get a horizontal list of suggestions. If I press Return, the first entry is autocompleted. 

How do I select another entry?

The official help https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/scalc/01/06130000.html?DbPAR=CALC&HID=.uno:AutoComplete says:
"To view more completions, press Ctrl+Tab to scroll forward, or Ctrl+Shift+Tab to scroll backward."

I cannot get this to work. I find that immediately I touch ctrl, the autocomplete list vanishes. In fact ctrl+tab switches to the next sheet (if there is one).

The official help https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/scalc/01/JumpToNextTable.html
documents that ctrl+tab jumps to the next sheet.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Create or open a .ods containing more one sheet.
2.In a cell on sheet one, press ctrl+tab. It jumps to sheet two.
3.Return to sheet one, with the mouse or with ctrl+shift+tab.
4.In an empty cell on sheet one, type ‘=c’ (without the quotes)(many other characters could be used after the =) then ctrl+tab.
5.Observe that you have lost the autocomplete suggestions and have jumped to sheet two.

Actual Results:
The autocomplete suggestions have vanished and you have jumped to sheet two.

Expected Results:
Expected to cycle through the list of autoinput items, and be able to press Return to select one.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
It is also a document bug. Pages under https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/scalc/01/ give conflicting usages for the ctrl+tab key-stroke.

Noticed on 25.8.3.2 and 25.8.4.2, as well as earlier versions.

Version: 25.8.4.2 (X86_64)
Build ID: 290daaa01b999472f0c7a3890eb6a550fd74c6df
CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Wungsten 2026-01-17 10:41:51 UTC
I have recently upgraded from Mint 22.2 to Mint 22.3. Having had lots of LO upgrades (see 164045) and other weird problems (167547, 169756 and 170081), I decided to have a clear-out (as suggested here https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169756#c2)

Step 1, completely remove LO: sudo apt remove *libre*; sudo apt autoremove
Step 2, upgrade Mint
Step 3, install LO from Mint repo.

I now have
Version: 25.8.4.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 580(Build:2)
CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Ubuntu package version: 4:25.8.4~rc2-0ubuntu0.24.04.1~lo1
Calc: threaded

Despite all this effort, I have made no progress on this bug. 

**AutoInput does not work**.

I position to an empty cell in Calc, type = and then type a letter. This produces a list of matching possibilities. I hit ctrl (intending to follow it with tab), but the list disappears instantly ctrl is touched. Hitting tab first simply moves to the next cell.