Github Copilot doesnt get triggered by tab, it calls intellisense instead. C# Microsoft Visual Studio

Michael Six 26 Reputation points
2023-02-24T22:29:23.04+00:00

Hi could you please add the option to set a different shortcut for accepting githubs inline suggestions.
if i write:

if(..){
}else if| <- trigger github copilot, and i accept it with tab, it will use the intellisense autocomplete.
Its probably a bug since it is very much indented behavior. But visual suggestions should win against hidden ones.
Just add the option to change the key shortcut and fix intellisense in that way.
Edit: Turns out i used 1.3.
Those issues seem to be fixed but 1.3 was better..
Now suggestions are cut off and weirdly formatted, and they often take 5s+ to show up. Or if i edit and trigger copilot inline suggestions nothing happens.
damn i want 1.3 back^^


I installed version 1.71.0.0 of the extension. This works better than the latest version, which seems to break the suggestions. The older version triggers the copilot suggestions all the time, i want to trigger them by hand. Or just show a small suggestion box as a tooltip

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  1. Ran Karat 25 Reputation points
    2023-06-04T06:16:55.3866667+00:00

    This issue is really noticeable in CSS files, it picks the intellisense 100% of the time, is there a way to change 'accept' for intellisense from TAB to something else?

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  2. Ben 0 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2023-07-14T18:39:19.3833333+00:00

    Indeed, the Tab hotkey triggers IntelliSense, not the Copilot suggestion, when both are visible.

    I work around this issue by pressing the dedicated shortcut for showing Copilot suggestions: Ctrl+Alt+\. This shortcut is registered by default. When only the Copilot suggestion is visible, Tab commits the suggestion.

    (If you really wanted to, you could reduce the triggers for IntelliSense).

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