auto_insert should probably be disabled for cmdline and search completion

[djdv]

Make sure you have done the following

• I have updated to the latest version of blink.cmp
• I have read the README

Bug Description

It seems like cycling the menu at all with auto_insert enabled, will cause chaos; entering each menu item as a command - as you cycle them.

In this video, I type :O and cycle with <Tab> once, then exit with <Esc>.
:Oil is invoked without me accepting the suggestions.
/~https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4e14de9d-6391-4a22-a606-ea79cccb5320

I'd like to leave auto_insert and the cmdline completion both enabled, but this causes conflict with the cmdline.

Relevant configuration

completion = { list = { selection = 'auto_insert' }}
keymap = {
	['<Tab>'] = {
		function(cmp)
			if cmp.is_visible then
				return cmp.select_next()
			end
			if cmp.snippet_active() then
				return cmp.snippet_forward()
			end
			return false -- key not handled by us.
		end,
		"fallback"
	},
	['<Esc>'] = {
		function(cmp)
			if cmp.is_visible() then
				return cmp.cancel()
			end
		end,
		'fallback'
	},
}

neovim version

NVIM v0.11.0-dev-1345+g98027b8a71 Build type: Release LuaJIT 2.1.1732813678

blink.cmp version: branch, tag, or commit

1eda2b9

[Saghen]

You weren't kidding about the chaos :D The latest commit is quite hacky for now, but seems to work well on my system. Lmk how it looks on your end!

[djdv]

Thanks :^]
The workaround seems fine for my config.
Using manual or auto_insert seem okay after the commit, but selection = 'preselect' seems to still have the issue.

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As an aside, cycling through the cmdline suggestions has a significant delay for me.
This was the case prior to the patch as well (when using manual selection).
Suggestions in the buffer from sources like the LSP, etc. are no problem (fast).
I'm not sure the source of that issue though.

[djdv]

cycling through the cmdline suggestions has a significant delay for me.

Some commit between 1eda2b9...f9b72e3 in blink, or some commit in neovim between 17383870dd...f9dd682621 seems to have fixed this for me. 🥳

[Saghen]

Sounds good!