auto-complete is terrible

[alexezh]

Type: Bug

auto-complete is annoying. Empty line, I want to add two tabs. Complete suggests some wrong code. Click esc, tab. It suggests the same again. Another esc..

Extension version: 2.45.25
VS Code version: Code 1.93.0 (Universal) (4849ca9bdf9666755eb463db297b69e5385090e3, 2024-09-04T13:02:38.431Z)
OS version: Darwin arm64 23.6.0
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[dibarbet]

@alexezh would you be able to provide a gif of the behavior you're seeing? There could be multiple extensions involved depending on where the auto complete is coming from

[alexezh]

I have a small C# file with a function indented at 2 tabs. I have an empty line in the middle of the class; and I want to type a comment. VS shows some random suggestion next to IP. If I type tab, suggestion is accepted and this is not what I want. So I click Esc, Tab. VS idents IP and immediately shows the same suggestion. I have to recognize this and do Esc/Tab again. Is there a way to disable suggestions until I actually start typing? The current complete logic is not good at guessing without input, so I would rather not spend time clicking Esc over and over.

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[dibarbet]

@alexezh generally completion from the C# extension shouldn't be active until you start typing. I'm wondering if there is some other extension providing completions. Would you mind sharing either a gif or a screenshot of the suggestion? And what extensions you have installed?

[oakad]

It happens all the time now.

Here I moved to new line. If I were to press <tab> the return statement will get inserted into the buffer. I can press <esc> to make it go, but it immediately appears again (see below).
Nothing in the codebase should imply that I ever wanted to return null, of all things. :-)

[oakad]

The entire issue is coming from "IntelliCode for C# Dev Kit" extension. It is really bad, making the editor totally unusable - every attempt at indentation with tabs spills out some bogus suggestion.

Below is a small excerpt from the log - suddenly, the escape is my most pressed button.

The obvious solution is to disable the extension for now.

[WLC] [CompletionProvider] (#7687) Recieved cancellation event, ran for 124.0084171295166
[WLC] [CompletionProvider] (#7688) Recieved cancellation event, ran for 111.14845895767212
[WLC] [CompletionProvider] (#7689) Current line with candidate:
sortChanged = true;
[WLC] [CompletionProvider] (#7691) Current line with candidate:

[WLC] [CompletionProvider] (#7692) Current line with candidate:
break;
[WLC] [CompletionProvider] (#7693) Recieved cancellation event, ran for 74.84245800971985

[dibarbet]

@oakad thanks - you should be able to disable or uninstall the intellicode extension if it's causing issues (C#/DevKit do not require it in order to function).

Issues with that extension would be tracked here - https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/intellicode/issues

[oakad]

It was kind of tricky to locate the correct GitHub project for intellicode extension. :-)

[dibarbet]

It was kind of tricky to locate the correct GitHub project for intellicode extension. :-)

Agreed 😆 - easiest way I've found is the issues link on the marketplace page