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Context: I appreciate the different completions and suggestions that VS Code can provide, from the language server, from GitHub Copilot, and from words in the document itself. However, I find it extremely irritating if things pop up while I type, and even more irritating if I accidentally accept a completion/suggestion when actually I wanted to go to the next tab stop. I'm therefore trying to configure VS Code in such a way that these popups and accidents don't happen – but I would still like to benefit from completion/suggestion when I want it, on pressing a key.

Questions: Unfortunately, in trying to figure out such a configuration I got quickly confused:

  • In the settings, what is the difference between 'Tab Completion' (editor.tabCompletion) and 'Quick suggestions' (editor.quickSuggestions)?

  • What is the difference between 'Trigger Inline Suggestion' (editor.action.inlineSuggest.trigger, no keybinding) and 'Trigger Suggest' (editor.action.triggerSuggest, bound to both Ctrl+Space and Ctrl+I)?

  • There doesn't seem to be an editor action 'Trigger Completion'?

A. Donda
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  • your title asks one thing, and then your body asks two different things. see [/help/dont-ask](/help/dont-ask) – starball Aug 24 '23 at 22:16
  • what do you mean by "trigger completion"? Do you mean to accept a suggestion? Or to trigger the suggestions widget for later selecting something to accept? – starball Aug 24 '23 at 22:18
  • It would help if you clarified more about what you don't understand about the descriptions of the settings you listed. They seem pretty clear to me. – starball Aug 24 '23 at 22:21
  • @starball The first paragraph provides context, the second is the actual question and does correspond to the title. – A. Donda Aug 26 '23 at 10:56

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