extensions.md

GitHub Copilot and other VSCode extensions

This page discusses issues and suggestions for setting up GitHub Copilot together with other popular VSCode extensions.

Vim (vscodevim)

GitHub Copilot's inline suggestions are triggered when typing or moving with the arrow keys, but not when moving in Vim's Command mode, and then dropping into Insert mode.

A possible work-around is to install the macros package, and then setup macros that execute the desired Vim command followed by triggering the inline suggestions. For example, to trigger GitHub copilot after any of o, O and A, put the following in your settings.json:

    "macros": {
        "vimShiftA": [
            "cursorLineEnd",
            "extension.vim_insert",
            "editor.action.inlineSuggest.trigger"
        ],
        "openLineBelow": [
            "editor.action.insertLineAfter",
            "extension.vim_insert",
            "editor.action.inlineSuggest.trigger"
        ],
        "openLineAbove": [
            "editor.action.insertLineBefore",
            "extension.vim_insert",
            "editor.action.inlineSuggest.trigger"
        ],
    }

and the following in your keybindings.json:

    {
        "key": "shift+A",
        "command": "macros.vimShiftA",
        "when": "editorFocus && vim.active && !inDebugRepl && vim.mode == 'Normal'"
    },
    {
        "key": "o",
        "command": "macros.openLineBelow",
        "when": "editorFocus && vim.active && !inDebugRepl && vim.mode == 'Normal'"
    },
    {
        "key": "shift+o",
        "command": "macros.openLineAbove",
        "when": "editorFocus && vim.active && !inDebugRepl && vim.mode == 'Normal'"
    }