Get Help Copilot Multiline Suggestions

[Mark-Phillipson]

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Feature Request: Setting to Force Multiline Suggestions or Always Show More Context

Description:
When using Copilot in VS Code, sometimes the inline completion is only a single line, making it hard to judge the full intent or usefulness of the suggestion. It would be extremely helpful to have a user setting or toggle that either:

• Forces Copilot to always show multiline suggestions when possible, or
• Expands the suggestion preview to show more lines by default.

User scenario:
As a developer, I often see Copilot suggest a single line, but I can't tell if it's the start of a larger block or just a trivial completion. This makes it hard to decide whether to accept, reject, or request more context. A setting to always show multiline completions would improve usability and trust in the tool.

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Request:
Please consider adding a setting (e.g., copilot.suggestion.multiline: true) or a UI toggle to always show multiline completions or more context for each suggestion.

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