Ask HN: VSCode AI Autocomplete Woes

2 blinkbat 3 9/4/2025, 5:36:06 PM

hi, tab used to work mostly fine in vscode, but with the integration of copilot, AI has co-opted many situations where I simply want to indent or otherwise press tab without autocompleting via AI. I am looking for a way to restore this previous behavior and shift specifically AI autocomplete/suggestion complete to a new hotkey (not all autocomplete, just AI).

please only reply if you're aware of the various options and have a good solve, and not just guesses.

Comments (3)

kubanczyk · 37m ago

> please only reply if you're aware of the various options and have a good solve, and not just guesses

That prompt engineering is no good. For starters, tell us we are world-class vscode experts. Then intimidate with grand phrases and seriously sounding threats.

leptons · 1d ago

I have no solution, only agreeing that it's currently pretty awful how it constantly gets in the way. It slows me down more than it speeds me up.

blinkbat · 1d ago

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/257073

drop a +1 for the cause, I guess.