Variable: icomplete-vertical-selected-prefix-indicator

icomplete-vertical-selected-prefix-indicator is a customizable variable defined in icomplete.el.gz.

Value

"> "

Documentation

Prefix string used to mark the selected completion candidate.

If icomplete-vertical-render-prefix-indicator is t, this string is used as a prefix of the currently selected entry in the list. It can be further customized by the face icomplete-vertical-selected-prefix-indicator-face.

By default, this is set to "» " if the character is displayable, otherwise, it falls back to "> ".

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 31.1.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 31.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/icomplete.el.gz
(defcustom icomplete-vertical-selected-prefix-indicator
  (if (char-displayable-p ?») "» " "> ")
  "Prefix string used to mark the selected completion candidate.
If `icomplete-vertical-render-prefix-indicator' is t, this string
is used as a prefix of the currently selected entry in the list.
It can be further customized by the face
`icomplete-vertical-selected-prefix-indicator-face'.

By default, this is set to \"» \" if the character is displayable,
otherwise, it falls back to \"> \"."
  :type 'string
  :group 'icomplete
  :version "31.1")