If Intellicode Whole Line Completions are displayed, the suggestions widget does not open

[juihanamshet1]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes/No

• VS Code Version: 1.60.0-insider (user setup)
• OS Version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19043
• List of extensions that you have installed: Visual Studio IntelliCode Completions

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open the attached .txt file, convert it to a typescript .ts file
   main.txt

2. In line 5, type s= and you should see a gray text IntelliCode completion.

3. When you type what the completion shows, and get to typing a dot, ".".

4. When you type a ".", it is expected you see the suggestions widget. But the suggestions widget does not show up in the presence of gray text completion.

5. GIF -

[juihanamshet1]

@hediet

[hediet]

This is actually by design (the ghost text should not disappear when typing the text as suggested).
However, I want to change this so that autocomplete shows, but the item from the ghost text is preselected.

[juihanamshet1]

"the item from the ghost text is preselected", can you please clarify this? In the above scenario, since ".socket" is in the whole line completion, would "socket" be selected in the suggestions widget?

[hediet]

In the above scenario, since ".socket" is in the whole line completion, would "socket" be selected in the suggestions widget?

Yes, when the autocomplete opens automatically while the cursor is in ghost text, the preselected item should agree with the ghost text.
Otherwise the ghost text will just disappear when the autocomplete opens.

[juihanamshet1]

That sounds great! Do you have an estimate as to when this would be implemented?

[hediet]

Do you have an estimate as to when this would be implemented?

This milestone hopefully (i.e. early October).

[hediet]

Early prototype:

@juihanamshet1 @Krzysztof-Cieslak @orph what do you think about this?
The suggest widget would no longer hide, but the inline suggestion is preselected, so that the ghost text does not disappear.