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diff --git a/doc/user/project/autocomplete_characters.md b/doc/user/project/autocomplete_characters.md index 1aa040c9cb8..8d8ff942d05 100644 --- a/doc/user/project/autocomplete_characters.md +++ b/doc/user/project/autocomplete_characters.md @@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ stage: Create group: Source Code info: "To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments" type: reference -description: "Autocomplete chars in Markdown fields." +description: "Autocomplete characters in Markdown fields." --- -# Autocomplete characters +# Autocomplete characters **(FREE)** + +> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/36705) in GitLab 13.9: you can search using the full name in user autocomplete. The autocomplete characters provide a quick way of entering field values into Markdown fields. When you start typing a word in a Markdown field with one of @@ -57,4 +59,7 @@ If you continue to type, `@le`, the popup list changes to the following. The popup now only includes users where `le` appears in their username, or a word in their name. -![Popup list which includes users whose username or name contains the string `le`](img/autocomplete_characters_example2_v12_0.png) +![Popup list which includes users whose username or name contains the string](img/autocomplete_characters_example2_v12_0.png) + +You can also search across the full name to find a user. +To find `Rosy Grant`, even if their username is for example `hunter2`, you can type their full name without spaces like `@rosygrant`. |