rename setting to matchOnWordStartOnly

Author: jrieken

src/vs/editor/common/config/editorOptions.ts

@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ export interface IEditorOptions {
 	/**
 	 * Controls whether suggestions allow matches in the middle of the word instead of only at the beginning
 	 */
-	allowMidWordMatch?: boolean;
+	matchOnWordStartOnly?: boolean;
 	/**
 	 * Control the behavior and rendering of the inline hints.
 	 */
@@ -3936,7 +3936,7 @@ export interface ISuggestOptions {
 	/**
 	 * Controls whether suggestions allow matches in the middle of the word instead of only at the beginning
 	 */
-	allowMidWordMatch?: boolean;
+	matchOnWordStartOnly?: boolean;
 	/**
 	 * Show field-suggestions.
 	 */
@@ -4058,7 +4058,7 @@ class EditorSuggest extends BaseEditorOption<EditorOption.suggest, ISuggestOptio
 			showFunctions: true,
 			showConstructors: true,
 			showDeprecated: true,
-			allowMidWordMatch: false,
+			matchOnWordStartOnly: true,
 			showFields: true,
 			showVariables: true,
 			showClasses: true,
@@ -4165,10 +4165,10 @@ class EditorSuggest extends BaseEditorOption<EditorOption.suggest, ISuggestOptio
 					default: true,
 					markdownDescription: nls.localize('editor.suggest.showDeprecated', "When enabled IntelliSense shows `deprecated`-suggestions.")
 				},
-				'editor.suggest.allowMidWordMatch': {
+				'editor.suggest.matchOnWordStartOnly': {
 					type: 'boolean',
 					default: false,
-					markdownDescription: nls.localize('editor.suggest.allowMidWordMatch', "When enabled suggestions allow a first characer to be matched on a non-capital letter. This will provide more search results that may not be as accurate.")
+					markdownDescription: nls.localize('editor.suggest.matchOnWordStartOnly', "When enabled IntelliSense filtering requires that the first character matches on a word start, e.g `c` on `Console` or `WebContext` but _not_ on `description`. When disabled IntelliSense will show more results but still sorts them by match quality.")
 				},
 				'editor.suggest.showFields': {
 					type: 'boolean',
@@ -4319,7 +4319,7 @@ class EditorSuggest extends BaseEditorOption<EditorOption.suggest, ISuggestOptio
 			showFunctions: boolean(input.showFunctions, this.defaultValue.showFunctions),
 			showConstructors: boolean(input.showConstructors, this.defaultValue.showConstructors),
 			showDeprecated: boolean(input.showDeprecated, this.defaultValue.showDeprecated),
-			allowMidWordMatch: boolean(input.allowMidWordMatch, this.defaultValue.allowMidWordMatch),
+			matchOnWordStartOnly: boolean(input.matchOnWordStartOnly, this.defaultValue.matchOnWordStartOnly),
 			showFields: boolean(input.showFields, this.defaultValue.showFields),
 			showVariables: boolean(input.showVariables, this.defaultValue.showVariables),
 			showClasses: boolean(input.showClasses, this.defaultValue.showClasses),

src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/browser/suggestModel.ts

@@ -526,9 +526,10 @@ export class SuggestModel implements IDisposable {
 			}
 
 			const ctx = new LineContext(model, this._editor.getPosition(), auto, context.shy, context.noSelect);
-			const allowMidWordMatch = this._editor.getOption(EditorOption.suggest).allowMidWordMatch;
-			const boostFullMatch = FuzzyScoreOptions.default.boostFullMatch;
-			const fuzzySearchOptions = { firstMatchCanBeWeak: allowMidWordMatch, boostFullMatch: boostFullMatch };
+			const fuzzySearchOptions = {
+				...FuzzyScoreOptions.default,
+				firstMatchCanBeWeak: this._editor.getOption(EditorOption.suggest).matchOnWordStartOnly
+			};
 			this._completionModel = new CompletionModel(items, this._context!.column, {
 				leadingLineContent: ctx.leadingLineContent,
 				characterCountDelta: ctx.column - this._context!.column

src/vs/monaco.d.ts

@@ -3428,7 +3428,7 @@ declare namespace monaco.editor {
 		/**
 		 * Controls whether suggestions allow matches in the middle of the word instead of only at the beginning
 		 */
-		allowMidWordMatch?: boolean;
+		matchOnWordStartOnly?: boolean;
 		/**
 		 * Control the behavior and rendering of the inline hints.
 		 */
@@ -4228,7 +4228,7 @@ declare namespace monaco.editor {
 		/**
 		 * Controls whether suggestions allow matches in the middle of the word instead of only at the beginning
 		 */
-		allowMidWordMatch?: boolean;
+		matchOnWordStartOnly?: boolean;
 		/**
 		 * Show field-suggestions.
 		 */

src/vs/workbench/services/extensions/common/extensionsApiProposals.ts

@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ export const allApiProposals = Object.freeze({
 	diffCommand: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vscode/main/src/vscode-dts/vscode.proposed.diffCommand.d.ts',
 	documentFiltersExclusive: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vscode/main/src/vscode-dts/vscode.proposed.documentFiltersExclusive.d.ts',
 	documentPaste: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vscode/main/src/vscode-dts/vscode.proposed.documentPaste.d.ts',
-	editorInsets: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vscode/main/src/vscode-dts/vscode.proposed.editorInsets.d.ts',
 	editSessionIdentityProvider: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vscode/main/src/vscode-dts/vscode.proposed.editSessionIdentityProvider.d.ts',
+	editorInsets: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vscode/main/src/vscode-dts/vscode.proposed.editorInsets.d.ts',
 	extensionRuntime: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vscode/main/src/vscode-dts/vscode.proposed.extensionRuntime.d.ts',
 	extensionsAny: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vscode/main/src/vscode-dts/vscode.proposed.extensionsAny.d.ts',
 	externalUriOpener: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vscode/main/src/vscode-dts/vscode.proposed.externalUriOpener.d.ts',