Behavior of tab key in 2021b

Hi,

I recently updated my Matlab installation to 2021b.

When I press the tab key in the editor, instead of simply adding a tab space, I now get some autocompletion suggestions, plus what seems to be some kind of help dialog box showing up.

I would like to change the preferences so that pressing the tab key just inserts a tab space, and nothing else.

I've not be able to do so, even after messing around in Matlab > Preferences.

Any suggestions would be welcome, as the automatic completions and help boxes are very annoying. I'm running Matlab on a Macbook Pro with Big Sur version 11.1.

Thanks!

Answer 1

[Salman Ahmed]

Hi Nicolas,

I understand that you wish to disable tab auto-complete options. This cannot be completely achieved (refer to this link for more information). This has been a known issue and the concerned team may be investigating it further.