Auto-complete hashtags when entering blip notes

[creswick]

The Android blip notes app provides a list of currently used hashtags, which makes it easy to re-use existing tags (without worrying about differences due to poor spelling, underscores vs. capitals, etc..). The web UI doesn't have a corresponding feature.

As a user, I want to be able to use the same set of hashtags in the Blip Notes text area in Chrome that are listed in the Android app, without memorizing the tags.

One way to help with this would be through simple auto-completion of the tags when the user types a '#' character. I've attached a rough mock-up to help explain the idea. (There are issues with the mockup, but I think it helps convey the idea more effectively than text alone. It is not meant to be a design specification, just a visual aid. For one, I think the pop-up should include the '#' character, prefixing each option, for another, the colors are incorrect.)

This mock-up works in essentially the same way as referencing git issues from within github text fields. It does not restrict what you can enter, but it does provide guidance to prevent errors.

I suspect this will depend on an API addition to one of the services, but I'm not yet sure which service would have access to the set of hashtags a user has used, so I haven't created a corresponding back-end ticket.