How do you automatically remove the preview window after autocompletion in Vim?

Question

I\'m using omnifunc=pythoncomplete. When autocompleting a word (e.g., os.), I get the list of eligible class members and functions, as

Answer 1

You can type that in the .vimrc:

set completeopt-=preview

Answer 2

You could throw in the following mappings to have certain keys try to close the preview window.

inoremap <space> <C-O>:wincmd z<CR><space>
inoremap ( <C-O>:wincmd z<CR>(
inoremap ) <C-O>:wincmd z<CR>)
inoremap , <C-O>:wincmd z<CR>,
inoremap <CR> <C-O>:wincmd z<CR><CR>
inoremap <esc> <esc>:wincmd z<CR>

You could also use autocommands to close the preview window when you're finished in insert mode:

augroup GoAwayPreviewWindow
autocmd! InsertLeave * wincmd z
augroup end

Answer 3

Put the following in your vimrc:

" If you prefer the Omni-Completion tip window to close when a selection is
" made, these lines close it on movement in insert mode or when leaving
" insert mode
autocmd CursorMovedI * if pumvisible() == 0|pclose|endif
autocmd InsertLeave * if pumvisible() == 0|pclose|endif

Answer 4

Even though there is already an accepted answer I found this directly from the docs which will work for any plugin that is having this issue.

autocmd CompleteDone * pclose

Answer 5

If you have the supertab plugin installed, there is an option called supertab-closepreviewonpopupclose.

Put the following in your .vimrc:

let g:SuperTabClosePreviewOnPopupClose = 1

Answer 6

I know this question is very old, but after days of looking for a "clean" solution I just found the CompleteDone autofunction that does the job:

au CompleteDone * pclose