Org-mode: Disable `t` + `TAB` => `# TODO: ` autocomplete feature

Question

There is a built-in org-mode shortcut where a t character followed by TAB key results in an auto-complete function that produces the # TODO: string literal. How can I disable this? Even better, how can I look up the function/key-binding that is called when this org-mode shortcut occurs so I can disable similar auto-complete functions from getting called?

I am aware of the C-h k and C-h f commands, but this is not a normal key-binding and I don't know what the function is called.

I would like to disable this shortcut because I find it annoying, especially when tabbing through org-mode tables.

Answer 1

It's a snippet, activated with yasnippet. Notice how it starts with a comment character, this hinted to me that it wasn't an org-mode feature. Why would org-mode comment out a todo?

I have something similar that I got from this snippet repository, but it only works in modes derived from prog-mode (which excludes org-mode). However, the snippets directory is actually a git submodule, and if you inspect that repository, you find a commit called "Split text snippets into prog and fundamental". The commit message:

None of the text-mode snippets were actually specific to text-mode; fixme, todo, and xxx were for making comments, those were moved to prog-mode.

So it seems like you're using an old version of that submodule repo.

To change this, either delete the snippet file (simply named "todo"), or change the key that activates it.

Answer 2

M-x find-function-on-key  RET

then, TAB keypress will take you to the function that plays spoilsport in org-mode.