I no longer get suggested code in Visual Studio from Copilot

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I no longer get suggested code in Visual Studio from Copilot

David Thielen 3,211

Hi all;

After upgrading Visual Studio, I had to remove the two Copilot extensions as it said they were not compatible with the latest version. And there are no Copilot extensions available.

I do have the Copilot chat window and it works fine.

But I no longer get Copilot code suggestions when editing in Visual Studio.

How do I get that back?

thanks - dave

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Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,451 Microsoft External Staff

Hi @David Thielen ,

For VS 17.10 or higher, GitHub Copilot(Chat and Completions) is built-in.

You can open VS Installer => Modify => Individual components and make sure that the "GitHub Copilot" component has been installed.

If it has been installed, please try to reinstall it(uncheck the option > Modify > check it again > Modify).

Best Regards,

Tianyu

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David Thielen 3,211 Reputation points

2024-07-04T16:43:22.6266667+00:00

@Tianyu Sun-MSFT I checked the installer - Copilot is installed. And Copilot Chat is working great. It's only Completions not working. Is there some setting that turns that on/off?

thanks - dave
Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,451 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2024-07-08T09:57:55.4066667+00:00

@David Thielen , yes, try this option => Tools > Options > GitHub > Copilot => Copilot Completions > Enable Copilot Completions.
David Thielen 3,211 Reputation points

2024-07-08T18:36:03.5233333+00:00

@Tianyu Sun-MSFT Thank you. I enabled that (no idea how it got disabled).

Is there a page somewhere that explains all of these options? Because I think I might want to enable some others.

thanks - dave
Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,451 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2024-07-09T06:21:19.86+00:00

Hi @David Thielen,

I didn’t see specific documents which describe these options. The GitHub Copilot was integrated into VS recently (since 17.10.0), it’s still being improved. I guess the documentation will be updated in the future.

If you don’t mind, you can submit a feedback ticket here: GitHub - Copilot or here: Developer Community – Visual Studio.

Here are some related documentations: Copilot in your environment, Use GitHub Copilot Completions.
Murilo 0 Reputation points

2024-07-09T13:50:49.9366667+00:00

I have the exact same problem, chat is working but not suggestions, "enable copilot completions" is enabled:
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Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,451 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2024-07-18T09:52:03.91+00:00

Thank you David,

We got the ticket link: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Please-document-the-Visual-Studio-Copilo/10699431.

Product Team will inform you if there's any update. You can continue following that ticket.

Answer 2

Jack A. Fobel 0

Same issue here.

Doing a VS repair. Will revert to previous version if that doesn't fix it.

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