Suggestion : Change default value

Hi,

I spent always long minutes to setup powershell for people and i didn’t understand why the following options aren’t the default one :

Powershell profile example:

Import-Module PSReadLine

Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler -Key Tab -Function MenuComplete
Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Key UpArrow -Function HistorySearchBackward
Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Key DownArrow -Function HistorySearchForward
Set-PSReadLineOption -predictionsource history (It requiert "PSReadLine 2.1.0-beta2")
Set-PSReadLineOption -HistorySearchCursorMovesToEnd 

(I’m sad to see that predictionsource is just in beta, because it’s a primary feature for me) (i hope it’s going soon in release)

[lzybkr]

@SeeminglyScience - I said I’m open to it because I think many folks just aren’t aware that there is a better experience available.

If there is a single completion, then the menu isn’t used. Maybe there is a nice compromise where the menu would only be used if there were greater than N completions, say 5 - where tabbing is too tedious. The default binding would work this way, but custom bindings wouldn’t change.

[SeeminglyScience]

I said I’m open to it because I think many folks just aren’t aware that there is a better experience available.

Yeah I definitely agree, it comes up in every PSRL reddit thread followed by many astounded replies.

Here’s what I’d personally love to see as a default:

1. Menu always shown on <kbd>Tab</kbd> unless there’s a single or no result
2. Don’t prompt on high result counts, instead only show the first “page” of results. Maybe with a message suggesting <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Space</kbd> to see the rest
3. <kbd>Tab</kbd> or arrow keys (ideally also <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>p/n</kbd>) to move between items
4. <kbd>Enter</kbd> accepts input like outside of menu. Accepting completion result done with <kbd>Space</kbd> (while still adding a space like it does currently)
5. <kbd>Esc</kbd> to clear completion result/menu (like it does currently)

That would fit the existing muscle memory folks have built up while still providing a significant UX boost.