How do you disable the autocomplete macros collectively, in "The Editor"?

[Coline Macorol]

I'm trying to reduce users reliance on macros, per customer request. I need them to use macros only through the "+" button on the editor toolbar. 

So far, the following jQuery code has not worked, and I've followed all of Confluence tutorials on their Developers' guide.

AJS.toInit(function(){
 AJS.$("#d").keypress(function (e) {
 
 var charTyped = String.fromCharCode(e.which);
 if (charTyped == "{" || charTyped == "!") {
 
 e.preventDefault();

 var sel = window.getSelection();
 if (sel.rangeCount > 0) {
 
 var range = sel.getRangeAt(0);
 range.deleteContents();

 
 var text = (charTyped == ")") ? "{}" : "()";
 var textNode = document.createTextNode(text);
 range.insertNode(textNode);

 
 range.setStart(textNode, 1);
 range.setEnd(textNode, 1);
 sel.removeAllRanges();
 sel.addRange(range);
 }
 }


 });
 });

It works on JSbin, yet there is no result on Confluence. Is there a file that overrides this type of attempts that are trying to affect the autocomplete functionality?

Is there a way I can modify a local js file to disable this functionality for all users? 

[AnnWorley]

We don't recommend altering the behavior of the editor using JQuery. It could lead to unpredictable behavior in the editor.

Each user's profile has an autocomplete setting that can be disabled: Enabling and disabling autocomplete. I tested and when I disabled that setting the macro menu did not come up when I typed { into the editor.

[Coline Macorol]

You are right @AnnWorley, disabling the autocomplete setting works, yet you have to flip this switch, on each user's account manually. This is not efficient from an Admin perspective.

Likewise, the "@", "//", and other keyboard shortcuts are disabled when you turn the autocomplete setting off. We only need to disable the "{" and "!" keyboard shortcuts collectively for all of our Confluence users.