[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #15419: AGI: option to disable "predictive input keyboard dialog popup"

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#15419: AGI: option to disable "predictive input keyboard dialog popup"
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Reporter:  Taiyaki777       |       Owner:  (none)
    Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
Priority:  normal           |   Component:  Engine: AGI
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Comment (by sluicebox):

 I agree completely. In my opinion the predictive dialog should be optional
 and disabled by default on most if not all currently supported platforms.

 When I started working on AGI this year, I was surprised that this feature
 is mandatory. I accidentally trip it all the time, because if you use a
 mouse then it's practically unavoidable in some games, and we enable mouse
 support by default. Presumably this happens to most users, so I was
 surprised there weren't tickets about this.

 This isn't about the *quality* of the predictive dialog feature; it's just
 that it's not a good default for (at least) desktop builds and should be
 optional. It may even be completely outdated, I don't know. It hasn't been
 used in any other scummvm engines, and it predates smart phones:
 https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/AGI/Predictive_Dialog .

 Altering what's configurable after the feature has shipped is tricky in
 scummvm because of existing config files, default values, and that new
 options we add to advanced detector entries don't appear when users
 upgrade. (They have to remove and re-add their game.) It's trickier here
 because I think platform is a consideration too. But I still think we
 should do something about this; it seemed wrong to me right away and this
 is the ticket I would have written as a user =)
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