Command Completion

The Interactive Python Shell provides automatic command completion that saves you typing and helps you discover what commands are available.

Arrows

Arrow keys are used to navigate the history of commands and edit the current command. You can insert code anywhere in the current command by typing and you can use the delete or backspace key to remove code.

When you are typing, Interactive Python may also provide suggestions to the right of your cursor in greyed out text. Pressing right arrow will accept these suggestions.

Tab

Pressing Tab will attempt to complete the current command. When you have typed the name of an object followed by a . Tab will show you all the properties ahd methods of that object.

This feature is particularly useful with the MCIWB built in object Items as it means you don’t need to remember the names of all of types of blocks and items in Minecraft.

Demo

To understand how this feature works it is best to just try using the arrows and tab keys while you are typing Python commands. Below is a video of some of the things you can do with command completion in MCIWB.