Gtk Multi Autocomplete

gistfile1.py

import pygtk
pygtk.require("2.0")

import gobject
import gtk
from gtk import gdk

class EntryMultiCompletion(gtk.Entry):
    def __init__(self):
        gtk.Entry.__init__(self)
        self.completion = gtk.EntryCompletion()

        # customize the matching function to match multiple space
        # separated words
        self.completion.set_match_func(self.match_func, None)

        # handle the match-selected signal, raised when a completion
        # is selected from the popup
        self.completion.connect("match-selected", self.on_completion_match)
        self.set_completion(self.completion)

    def match_func(self, completion, key_string, iter, data):
        model = self.completion.get_model()
        # get the completion strings
        modelstr = model[iter][0]

        # check if the user has typed in a space char,
        # get the last word and check if it matches something
        if " " in key_string:
            last_word = key_string.split()[-1]
            return modelstr.startswith(last_word)

        # we have only one word typed
        return modelstr.startswith(key_string)

    def on_completion_match(self, completion, model, iter):
        current_text = self.get_text()

        # if more than a word has been typed, we throw away the
        # last one because we want to replace it with the matching word
        # note: the user may have typed only a part of the entire word
        #       and so this step is necessary
        if " " in current_text:
            current_text = " ".join(current_text.split()[:-1])
            current_text = "%s %s" % (current_text, model[iter][0])
        else:
            current_text = model[iter][0]

        # add the matching word
        current_text = "%s %s" % (current_text, model[iter][0])

        # set back the whole text
        self.set_text(current_text)
        # move the cursor at the end
        self.set_position(-1)

        # stop the event propagation
        return True

if __name__ == "__main__": # register the class as a Gtk widget gobject.type_register(EntryMultiCompletion)
    win = gtk.Window()
    win.connect("delete-event", gtk.main_quit)

    entrycompl = EntryMultiCompletion()
    liststore = gtk.ListStore(gobject.TYPE_STRING)
    entrycompl.completion.set_model(liststore)
    entrycompl.completion.set_text_column(0)
    for word in ['abc', 'def', 'ghi', 'jkl', 'mno',
                 'pqr', 'stu', 'vwx', 'yz']:
        liststore.append([word])

    win.add(entrycompl)
    win.show_all()

    gtk.main()
    print 0