# Tab-completion should automatically add a space after a username

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/tab-completion-should-automatically-add-a-space-after-a-username/45155>\
**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** pr-welcome\
**Created:** [2 Junio, 2016 19:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tab-completion-should-automatically-add-a-space-after-a-username/45155 "2016-06-02T19:01:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [2 Junio, 2016 19:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tab-completion-should-automatically-add-a-space-after-a-username/45155/3 "2016-06-02T19:45:44Z")

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> [@jancborchardt](#):
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> Currently I always find my self needing to manually insert a space after I mention a name and tab-complete it.

That’s what I expect to do after I type a word. I might say something like “@jancborchardt’s idea is really good”, and to do that the way you suggest, I’d need to backspace the automatic space.

> [@jancborchardt](#):
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> Other platforms with @mentioning like Github and Twitter simply insert a space automatically

Hmm. That seems annoying to have multiple ways for that to work. FWIW, Facebook doesn’t automatically add a space.

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