Autocomplete

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When entering content into a Wiki page, typing a trigger character will display a menu that will allow you to auto-complete certain macros. Continuing to type after the trigger character will cause the autocomplete menu to close.

Autocomplete Examples

Task	Trigger Character	Keyboard Shortcut	Description
Add a link on your page	[	Crtl+Shift+K	See a list of suggested pages or other locations to link to from your page.
Display an image, video, audio file or document on your page	!	Ctrl+Shift+M	See a list of suggested images, multimedia files and documents to embed in your page.
Add a macro on your page	{	None	See a list of suggestions as you begin typing a macro name.
Notify another user by email that you have mentioned them on your page	@	None	See a list of suggested users to mention

Enabling and Disabling Autocomplete

You can turn off the triggering of autocomplete by the '[' and '!' characters. This will prevent the autocomplete from starting automatically when you press one of the trigger characters. You can also turn it back on again.

Notes:

• This setting does not affect the keyboard shortcuts for autocomplete (Ctrl+Shift+K and Ctrl+Shift+M). Even if the trigger characters are disabled, you can still use the keyboard shortcuts for autocomplete.
• This setting affects only you. Other people using Confluence can enable or disable the setting on their user profiles independently.
• Note that autocomplete is enabled by default.

To enable or disable the autocomplete trigger characters:

1. Choose your profile picture at top right of the screen, then choose Settings.
2. Choose Editor under 'Your Settings' in the left-hand panel.
3. Choose Edit.
4. Either:
   
   • Disable autocompletion by selecting Disable Autocomplete.
   • Enable autocompletion by clearing Disable Autocomplete.
5. Choose Submit.