How to enable auto popup for autocomplete?

[wxguy]

Description of your problem

The auto complete feature provided in the spyder require user to either use tab or ctrl + space. However, I would like to have a auto complete popup without using additional key.

Is this possible at all under spyder? If yes then how do I enable? I have searched quite a bit but it did not find any useful link on this topic.

What steps will reproduce the problem?

Open any python file and start importing modules and work normally. When I use os module and typr os.pat, the auto complete popup window should appear without pressing any key

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Same as mentioned above.

Versions and main components

• Spyder Version: 3.2.3
• Python Version: 3.6
• Qt Version: 5.6.2
• PyQt Version: 5.6
• Operating system: Debian 9.2

Dependencies

Please go to the menu entry Help > Optional Dependencies (or
Help > Dependencies), press the button Copy to clipboard
and paste the contents below:
IPython >=4.0 : 6.1.0 (OK)
cython >=0.21 : None (NOK)
jedi >=0.9.0 : 0.10.2 (OK)
nbconvert >=4.0 : 5.2.1 (OK)
numpy >=1.7 : 1.13.1 (OK)
pandas >=0.13.1 : 0.20.3 (OK)
psutil >=0.3 : 5.2.2 (OK)
pycodestyle >=2.3: 2.3.1 (OK)
pyflakes >=0.6.0 : 1.6.0 (OK)
pygments >=2.0 : 2.2.0 (OK)
pylint >=0.25 : 1.7.2 (OK)
qtconsole >=4.2.0: 4.3.1 (OK)
rope >=0.9.4 : 0.9.4-1 (OK)
sphinx >=0.6.6 : 1.6.3 (OK)
sympy >=0.7.3 : None (NOK)

Edit:-
this link https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30640755/is-it-possible-to-set-spyder-auto-completion-without-pressing-the-tab-key say that it will be implemented in version 3. Is it implemented?

[ccordoba12]

Is it implemented?

No, sorry, it'll be implemented in Spyder 4.

[hutaohutc]

when will Spyder 4 be available? And when i choose code type "(" ,my code will be delect,for example:
a --> (a),must I type '(' twice? In rstudio, I can choose 'a' and type '(' to get '(a)'

[stuartjj]

Is it implemented?

No, sorry, it'll be implemented in Spyder 4.

I am running Spyder 4.0.0b1 on Anaconda in Mac OS X 10.13.6. I don't have popup autocomplete--is it a feature I have to enable in some way?

[MarkMoretto]

Just chiming in to echo @stuartjj 's comment. I've bootstrapped Spyder 4 and pop-up Intellisense would make it a Visual Studio killer for me.

[ccordoba12]

It'll be implemented in beta2.

[dswenningsen]

Running v 4.0 (Anaconda) (W10) - This works...

Tools -> Preferences
Completion and linting
Enable everything there
Set "Show automatic completions after characters entered" to your preference (I chose 2 )
Set "Show automatic completions after keyboard idle (ms)" to your preference (I left default of 300)
Click Ok_

Should be good :)

[wxguy]

Great news. I feel that it should be documented in the official documentation...