keyboard shortcuts to choose an intellisense suggestion?

[suan]

Was abit surprised that the intellisense suggestions weren't keyed with a number or something where the user could say Ctrl+5 and choose the fifth suggestion - has this been considered?

[rebornix]

Nice suggestion, we can enhance it by adding args to selectPrevSuggestion.

[octref]

I tried two approaches:

1. Alt 1-9 focuses completion item 1-9. But I feel it should also insert the chosen completion (as echoed by @matklad in First PR: Adding jump to nth autocomplete suggestion via keyboard shortcut #58670 (comment))
2. Below (temporary icons, subject to change):

However, some of the team feel it's easier to just type out the suggestion and filter the items & don't think we should add such functionality.

[matklad]

I've realized that I'd love to use the same ctrl+N shortuct to select code actions:

This is probably not possible right now implementation wise, because actions use a native context menu; but, as a user, I would appreciate such feature.

[ChrisThackrey]

Is the source code for this feature still available?

[ouweiya]

When popping up a list of smart tips, I often use upArrow and downArrow to skip to the previous or next suggestion. I use tab and shift+tab instead.

I use tab and shift+tab to quickly switch to a prompt, and use ctrl+tab to complete the prompt.

  {
    "key": "tab",
    "command": "selectNextSuggestion",
    "when": "suggestWidgetMultipleSuggestions && suggestWidgetVisible && textInputFocus"
  },
  {
    "key": "shift+tab",
    "command": "selectPrevSuggestion",
    "when": "suggestWidgetMultipleSuggestions && suggestWidgetVisible && textInputFocus"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+tab",
    "command": "acceptSelectedSuggestion",
    "when": "acceptSuggestionOnEnter && suggestWidgetVisible && suggestionMakesTextEdit && textInputFocus"
  }

[CharlieYu1]

I made the following keybindings to my keybindings.js. Maybe I should make this into an extension.

// Place your key bindings in this file to override the defaults
[
    {
        "key": "ctrl+1",
        "command": "runCommands",
        "args": {
            "commands": [
                "selectFirstSuggestion",
                "acceptSelectedSuggestion"
            ]
        },
        "when": "suggestWidgetMultipleSuggestions && suggestWidgetVisible && textInputFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+2",
        "command": "runCommands",
        "args": {
            "commands": [
                "selectFirstSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "acceptSelectedSuggestion"
            ]
        },
        "when": "suggestWidgetMultipleSuggestions && suggestWidgetVisible && textInputFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+3",
        "command": "runCommands",
        "args": {
            "commands": [
                "selectFirstSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "acceptSelectedSuggestion"
            ]
        },
        "when": "suggestWidgetMultipleSuggestions && suggestWidgetVisible && textInputFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+4",
        "command": "runCommands",
        "args": {
            "commands": [
                "selectFirstSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "acceptSelectedSuggestion"
            ]
        },
        "when": "suggestWidgetMultipleSuggestions && suggestWidgetVisible && textInputFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+5",
        "command": "runCommands",
        "args": {
            "commands": [
                "selectFirstSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "acceptSelectedSuggestion"
            ]
        },
        "when": "suggestWidgetMultipleSuggestions && suggestWidgetVisible && textInputFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+6",
        "command": "runCommands",
        "args": {
            "commands": [
                "selectFirstSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "acceptSelectedSuggestion"
            ]
        },
        "when": "suggestWidgetMultipleSuggestions && suggestWidgetVisible && textInputFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+7",
        "command": "runCommands",
        "args": {
            "commands": [
                "selectFirstSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "acceptSelectedSuggestion"
            ]
        },
        "when": "suggestWidgetMultipleSuggestions && suggestWidgetVisible && textInputFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+8",
        "command": "runCommands",
        "args": {
            "commands": [
                "selectFirstSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "acceptSelectedSuggestion"
            ]
        },
        "when": "suggestWidgetMultipleSuggestions && suggestWidgetVisible && textInputFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+9",
        "command": "runCommands",
        "args": {
            "commands": [
                "selectFirstSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "selectNextSuggestion",
                "acceptSelectedSuggestion"
            ]
        },
        "when": "suggestWidgetMultipleSuggestions && suggestWidgetVisible && textInputFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+0",
        "command": "runCommands",
        "args": {
            "commands": [
                "selectLastSuggestion",
                "acceptSelectedSuggestion"
            ]
        },
        "when": "suggestWidgetMultipleSuggestions && suggestWidgetVisible && textInputFocus"
    },
]