[Python-checkins] bpo-38943: Fix IDLE autocomplete window not always appearing (GH-17416)

[Terry Jan Reedy]

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/bbc4162bafe018f07bab0b624b37974cc33daad9
commit: bbc4162bafe018f07bab0b624b37974cc33daad9
branch: master
author: JohnnyNajera <58344607+JohnnyNajera at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu>
date: 2019-12-09T19:30:01-05:00
summary:

bpo-38943: Fix IDLE autocomplete window not always appearing (GH-17416)

This has happened on some versions of Ubuntu.

files:
A Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2019-11-29-23-44-11.bpo-38943.8pUKKs.rst
M Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
M Lib/idlelib/autocomplete_w.py

diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index 90e7d801535f5..304cf6375f7dc 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ Released on 2020-10-05?
 ======================================
 
 
+bpo-38943: Fix autocomplete windows not always appearing on some
+systems.  Patch by Johnny Najera.
+
 bpo-38944: Excape key now closes IDLE completion windows.  Patch by
 Johnny Najera.
 
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/autocomplete_w.py b/Lib/idlelib/autocomplete_w.py
index f20b633099788..0643c092c6e54 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/autocomplete_w.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/autocomplete_w.py
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ def winconfig_event(self, event):
             # place acw above current line
             new_y -= acw_height
         acw.wm_geometry("+%d+%d" % (new_x, new_y))
+        acw.update_idletasks()
 
         if platform.system().startswith('Windows'):
             # See issue 15786. When on Windows platform, Tk will misbehave
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2019-11-29-23-44-11.bpo-38943.8pUKKs.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2019-11-29-23-44-11.bpo-38943.8pUKKs.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5c9323e246787
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2019-11-29-23-44-11.bpo-38943.8pUKKs.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix IDLE autocomplete windows not always appearing on some systems.
+Patch by Johnny Najera.