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When 'Use History for Selection' is turned on in Preferences, the auto-complete will automatically highlight the last selected word. Which is quite cool.
Here's an example of an issue, as illustrated in the picture attached.
1. I use auto-complete to select a variable called "application"
2. I type app and "application" is selected in the auto-complete combo box
3. I press the . key, and it will automatically put in application
4. I have a slight tantrum, repeat steps 1 and 2, but press escape instead of . on 3
Is it possible to just use the typed in word when the . key is pressed and one of the words is an exact match in the auto-complete combo box.
As per BeeJay's comments, the auto-complete combo could select the exact match.
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Hear hear. This is exactly what I was complaining about in my original (somewhat abrasive) post last year asking that auto-complete not be so annoying :)
Having an exact match for what you typed taking precedence over history instead of having to remember to press the Esc key to stop auto-complete using the last matching history entry would definitely be an absolute boon for developers... I've lost track of the number of times I just typed the '.' resulting in a somewhat unexpected auto-complete result. It would be good if the currently highlighted entry in the auto-complete popup also moved to the exact match, so you can visually see what it's going to select.
I think this is a useful suggestion. You shouldn't need to press esc / navigate to the word you want when you have already typed it. Also if you do want 'application' to auto-complete from 'app' this can be achieved by pressing tab, so removing dot auto-complete wouldn't stop you from using the existing flow.