VSCode: how to toggle copilot on/off without questions?

[dandavison]

github.copilot.toggleCopilot generates a notification asking whether to toggle it globally or just for the current language. I'd like to make that choice once (or have it made for me) and thus have a quick toggle with no questions asked. How do I do that?

[miguelsolorio]

Made the same request in #7605, would love to avoid the need for this notification:

So having an option or setting to toggle globally would be my preference.

[dandavison]

Until the extension gets rid of the global/local question on toggle, I'm thinking we can use github.copilot.inlineSuggest.enable for this. E.g. with the settings-cycler extension, then the following creates a toggle that seems to work:

    {
      "id": "copilot",
      "overrideWorkspaceSettings": true,
      "values": [
        {
          "github.copilot.inlineSuggest.enable": false
        },
        {
          "github.copilot.inlineSuggest.enable": true
        }
      ]
    },

  {
    "key": "ctrl+x p",
    "command": "settings.cycle.copilot",
    "when": "editorFocus"
  },

[ATSiem]

I disabled inlineSuggest, and call Copilot with a keybinding. I prefer this, to the suggestions which are often irrelevant and distracting.

However, seeing the second pane with 10 code suggestions when I need them by pressing "command+enter", that's wonderful.

[agusterodin]

I like this a lot. I just wish there was still a notification to tell you if you just enabled or disabled it (no clicking required).

[AJTJ]

The issue with opening a second pane is that your cursor remains in the second tab area if you already had a tab open there. The ideal solution would be one where we can actively disable/enable inline suggestions. Currently there is no good solution for this, which seems like a massive oversight.

[JohnnyBill]

Would be nice to have a fix (without workarounds) for this issue soon.
Sometimes Copilot is quite distracting and it would be nice to be able to toggle it with a single keystroke.
Overall, off course, its an awesome tool :)

[mattstam]

Being able to quickly enable/disable Copilot without the popup would be awesome.

Until then, does anyone know of a keybinding to actually highlight the popup and buttons without using a mouse?

[jmaha]

Great suggestions. I too find Copilot's inline suggestions frequently wrong or distracting so I disable it most of the time, but it would be way more useful if it was possible to quickly enable/disable with a single keystroke.

[dandavison]

Just to confirm, the solution I suggested above requires a bit of setup but does work very well: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/7553#discussioncomment-1629050

[Butanium]

Using the @dandavison solution:
settings.json

"settings.cycle": [
        {
            "id": "copilot",
            "overrideWorkspaceSettings": true,
            "values": [
                {
                    "github.copilot.inlineSuggest.enable": false
                },
                {
                    "github.copilot.inlineSuggest.enable": true
                }
            ]
        }
    ]

keybindings.json

 {
        "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+alt+o",
        "command": "settings.cycle.copilot",
    },

Works for me. Note that it doesn't update the bottom right icon. For example, If you disable it while it was computing completion, the icon will infinitely cycle.

[zachbellay]

Thank you, I couldn't quite piece together where I was supposed to put @dandavison's very helpful suggestion, thank you for this!!

[AsafMeizner]

in vs code there is a button in the button right to quickly enable and disable copilot

[magnus-eriksson]

in vs code there is a button in the button right to quickly enable and disable copilot

...which will show the question we're trying to avoid seeing. Like the title says: "without questions".

[mattstam]

Or at least how to do so without needing to use the mouse.

[stilliard]

Would be super useful.
In case it helps, similar to @dandavison's suggestion you can also use the Toggle extension and add the following to your keybindings.json file with whatever key combination you'd like:

    {
        "key": "ctrl+alt+c ctrl+alt+p",
        "command": "toggle",
        "when": "editorTextFocus",
        "args": {
            "id": "copilot-enabled",
            "value": [
                {
                    "github.copilot.inlineSuggest.enable": true
                },
                {
                    "github.copilot.inlineSuggest.enable": false
                }
            ]
        }
    }