configuration: allow `tab` to insert spaces at the end of a line about marimo HOT 6 OPEN

I think this is more of a feature request - as I can see both being preferences.

Do you use a formatter? Does your formatter handle this (or undo this)?

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Actually this might be a bug - seems like the tab logic is being intercepted by:

cc @akshayka

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Is a completion accidentally being triggered?

EDIT: okay I think I understand. I can take a look.

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@jydiw - there was a bug in the existing code, which i have fixed here: #2394

The logic is still:

• if you are at the end of the line, it will try to open the autocomplete
• if you are in the beginning or middle, it will insert 4 spaces.

Is this ok for your use-case? If you are trying to insert the tab/spaces between you code and an inline-comment, this would work. But if you are trying to add a tab at the end of the line, this won't solve that case. Do you still hope for this to be configurable for that case?

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Sorry @jydiw - scratch what I saw. I think we plan on keeping Tab as completion anywhere in the line (not just the end). So we can keep this as a FR to make it configurable.

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I am coming from VSCode so perhaps this request is only because of what I am used to. Its behavior is slightly different than what you describe:

• If you are at the beginning of a line, it will insert {tabwidth} spaces.
• If you are anywhere else, it will insert however many spaces needed to get to the nearest multiple of {tabwidth}.

# if i type this sentence   < tab inserts to here
# and if i type this one    < tab also inserts to here

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