[FIXED] How can I make this popup/toolbar in Spyder less disruptive to my workflow?

Issue

Sometimes when editing a file in Spyder, a drop-down menu with functions to autocomplete will appear and grab the focus of my arrow keys.

The most reliable way to reproduce this is if I have a function call foo() written out in the editor, then realize I need to add the module that contains foo. So I arrow key over to the function call and type in bar. to get bar.foo(). But when I want to arrow key away to the next problem, the function list has popped up and I'm just arrow keying through a list of proposed functions.

I haven't been able to find a way to disable this feature. I tried unchecking every box in Completion and Linting/Completion, but it had no effect. How can I disable this feature, make it pop up after some more specific condition, or otherwise make it less disruptive?

Solution

To disable completions by popping up automatically you can go to Preferences > Completion and linting > General> Completions and uncheck Show completions on the fly

After that, you only will see the completions if you do the shortcuts (Tab or Ctrl + Space)

Answered By - Daniel Althviz