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diff --git a/cmd2/argparse_custom.py b/cmd2/argparse_custom.py
index dd4db570..b33dd95c 100644
--- a/cmd2/argparse_custom.py
+++ b/cmd2/argparse_custom.py
@@ -1252,7 +1252,16 @@ class Cmd2ArgumentParser(argparse.ArgumentParser):
conflict_handler: str = 'error',
add_help: bool = True,
allow_abbrev: bool = True,
+ *,
+ ap_completer_type: Optional[Type['ArgparseCompleter']] = None,
) -> None:
+ """
+ # Custom parameter added by cmd2
+
+ :param ap_completer_type: optional parameter which specifies a subclass of ArgparseCompleter for custom tab completion
+ behavior on this parser. If this is None or not present, then cmd2 will use
+ argparse_completer.DEFAULT_AP_COMPLETER when tab completing this parser's arguments
+ """
super(Cmd2ArgumentParser, self).__init__(
prog=prog,
usage=usage,
@@ -1268,6 +1277,8 @@ class Cmd2ArgumentParser(argparse.ArgumentParser):
allow_abbrev=allow_abbrev,
)
+ self.set_ap_completer_type(ap_completer_type) # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+
# noinspection PyProtectedMember
def add_subparsers(self, **kwargs: Any) -> argparse._SubParsersAction:
"""