Disable the # autocomplete popup in post editor?

[renato (Renato Atilio)]

Just a reminder that there were some topics with people (me included) asking for the current behavior before, when it was exactly like the described.

#tags won't autocomplete at start of line

A minor issue: autocompleting of tags won’t work when the # is the first character of a line.

Auto-complete with hashtag doesn't activate when hashtag is first character on a new line

When you start a hashtag to refer to another category or tag, if you start it as the first thing on a new line it does not bring up the autocomplete box. This is happening on my site, confirmed here on meta through screenshots below. This means that when I want to list categories one on each line, I have to first compose them on one line, then I hit enter. They appropriately render, mind you: #dev But if I don’t know the path for a subcategory or a tag, I have to guess or compose on a previo…