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Disabling autocompletion from anything else than Tab in VS 2022

Coco_l_asticot 0 Reputation points
2024-06-18T09:34:12.84+00:00

Although I set "Default IntelliSense completion mode" to Tab-only in Text Editor/Advanced, Visual Studio keeps replacing text as I type with its first suggestion when I press e.g. space or dot. I do not want the editor to ever autocomplete unless I press Tab, apart maybe from closing parentheses, braces etc.

I thought this could possibly be due to a language-specific setting, so I also went into the C++ text editor settings and deleted all characters under "Text Editor/C/C++/Advanced/IntelliSense/Member List Commit Characters. But that didn't seem to solve the issue either. Any help is welcome...

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  1. Anna Xiu-MSFT 27,216 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-06-19T03:49:38.0433333+00:00

    Hi @Coco_l_asticot , 

    Welcome to Microsoft Q&A! 

    Please re-run your VS as administrator. 

    You can use the option to change the IntelliSense completion mode: Edit > IntelliSense > Switch between automatic and tab-only IntelliSense completion or shortcut: Ctrl+Alt+Space. In suggestion mode, only the text you type is inserted into the code. 

    Sincerely,

    Anna

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