Improving the tab completion UI/design

IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/css/style.min.css

@@ -927,12 +927,9 b' div.text_cell_render{outline:none;resize:none;width:inherit;border-style:none;pa'
 .ansicyan{color:steelblue;}
 .ansigrey{color:grey;}
 .ansibold{font-weight:bold;}
-.completions{position:absolute;z-index:10;overflow:hidden;border:1px solid #ababab;}
-.completions select{background:white;outline:none;border:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;overflow:auto;font-family:monospace;}
+.completions{position:absolute;z-index:10;overflow:hidden;border:1px solid #ababab;border-radius:4px;-webkit-box-shadow:0 5px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);-moz-box-shadow:0 5px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);box-shadow:0 5px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);}
+.completions select{background:white;outline:none;border:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;overflow:auto;font-family:monospace;font-size:110%;color:#000000;}
 option.context{background-color:#DEF7FF;}
-option.introspection{background-color:#EBF4EB;}
-.completions p b{font-weight:bold;}
-.completions p{background:#DDF;border-bottom:black solid 1px;padding:1px;font-family:monospace;}
 pre.dialog{background-color:#f7f7f7;border:1px solid #ddd;border-radius:4px;padding:0.4em;padding-left:2em;}
 p.dialog{padding:0.2em;}
 .shortcut_key{display:inline-block;width:15ex;text-align:right;font-family:monospace;}

IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/completer.js

@@ -194,12 +194,12 b' var IPython = (function (IPython) {'
         this.complete.attr('id', 'complete');
 
         this.sel = $('<select style="width: auto"/>').attr('multiple', 'true').attr('size', Math.min(10, this.raw_result.length));
-        var pos = this.editor.cursorCoords();
-
-        // TODO: I propose to remove enough horizontal pixel
-        // to align the text later
-        this.complete.css('left', pos.left + 'px');
-        this.complete.css('top', pos.bottom + 'px');
+        //var pos = this.editor.cursorCoords();
+		var cur = this.editor.getCursor();
+		cur.ch = cur.ch-matched_text.length;
+		var pos = this.editor.cursorCoords(cur);
+        this.complete.css('left', pos.left-3 + 'px');
+        this.complete.css('top', pos.bottom+1 + 'px');
         this.complete.append(this.sel);
 
         $('body').append(this.complete);

IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/less/notebook.less

@@ -408,6 +408,11 b' div.text_cell_render {'
     z-index: 10;
     overflow: hidden;
     border: 1px solid @border_color;
+	.corner-all;
+	.box-shadow(0 5px 10px rgba(0,0,0,.2));
+    // -moz-box-shadow:    0px 6px 10px -1px #adadad;
+    // -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 6px 10px -1px #adadad;
+    // box-shadow:         0px 6px 10px -1px #adadad;
 }
 
 .completions select {
@@ -418,28 +423,13 b' div.text_cell_render {'
     margin: 0px;
     overflow: auto;
     font-family: monospace;
+	font-size: 110%;
+    color: @fontBaseColor;
 }
 
 option.context {
   background-color: #DEF7FF;
 }
-option.introspection {
-  background-color: #EBF4EB;
-}
-
-/*fixed part of the completion*/
-.completions p b {
-    font-weight:bold;
-}
-
-.completions p {
-    background: #DDF;
-    /*outline: none;
-    padding: 0px;*/
-    border-bottom: black solid 1px;
-    padding: 1px;
-    font-family: monospace;
-}
 
 pre.dialog {
     background-color: @cell_background;