From dcc196bf25ecb86c6c47165998910ff0118f2b8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CJ van den Berg <cj@vdbonline.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:21:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: do not trigger completion if no completions are
 available

closes #455
---
 src/tui/mainview.zig | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/tui/mainview.zig b/src/tui/mainview.zig
index 443c100..877981c 100644
--- a/src/tui/mainview.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mainview.zig
@@ -1176,11 +1176,13 @@ const cmds = struct {
         })) return error.InvalidAddDiagnosticArgument;
         file_path = project_manager.normalize_file_path(file_path);
         if (self.get_active_editor()) |editor| if (std.mem.eql(u8, file_path, editor.file_path orelse "")) {
-            switch (tui.config().completion_style) {
-                .palette => try tui.open_overlay(@import("mode/overlay/completion_palette.zig").Type),
-                .dropdown => try tui.open_overlay(@import("mode/overlay/completion_dropdown.zig").Type),
+            if (editor.completions.items.len > 0) {
+                switch (tui.config().completion_style) {
+                    .palette => try tui.open_overlay(@import("mode/overlay/completion_palette.zig").Type),
+                    .dropdown => try tui.open_overlay(@import("mode/overlay/completion_dropdown.zig").Type),
+                }
+                tui.need_render();
             }
-            tui.need_render();
         };
     }
     pub const add_completion_done_meta: Meta = .{