no key combination accepts autocomplete suggestion

[alanifotis]

Describe the bug

no key combination accepts autocomplete suggestion
I've tried enter & enter + ctrl/shift/alt
nothing makes it possible to accept the autocomplete

autocomplete.mp4

PS. sorry if i'm opening this issue in the wrong place

To Reproduce

1. Fresh build of neovim and I installed kickstart
2. No matter in what language and lsp(even with the ones included in the init.lua)
3. Try pressing on the autocomplete suggestion no way to accept it
4. I can freely move to another suggestion
5. English isn't my first language and maybe I am not using the correct terminology but you can see it better in the video 😅😅

Desktop

• OS: tried on windows and linux
• Terminal: windows terminal/ gnome terminal, kitty and alacrity

Neovim Version

:version NVIM v0.10.0-dev-2947+ge1ca7a7bf Build type: RelWithDebInfo LuaJIT 2.1.1710088188 Run ":verbose version" for more info

[dduyanhhoang]

Meet the same problem in Powershell on Windows 11 and also on WSL (Ubuntu LTS) (both on windows terminal) using the current version of kickstart nvim. I have already check the prerequisites (git, make, unzip, gcc, ripgrep) and language installation.

[feoh]

Folks, do you have any language servers installed?

Type :Mason to get started.

[dduyanhhoang]

@feoh Yes. Currently I use nvim for python. Same problem with clangd when I was using kickstart on wsl.

[dam9000]

This is a recurring question, duplicates:

#816 Autocomplete keybindings not functioning as before

#851 How to use Autocomplete

And the answer is, the keymap was changed in the recent rewrite from <enter> to <c-y> so ctrl-y to confirm a autocomplete selection. Try if that works.

If you don't like the c-y keymap, here is how to restore to the previous "classic" keymaps:

diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index 62d2c5c..ce2abb6 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -720,6 +720,11 @@ require('lazy').setup({
           --  This will expand snippets if the LSP sent a snippet.
           ['<C-y>'] = cmp.mapping.confirm { select = true },
 
+          -- Classic completion keymaps
+          ['<CR>'] = cmp.mapping.confirm { select = true },
+          ['<Tab>'] = cmp.mapping.select_next_item(),
+          ['<S-Tab>'] = cmp.mapping.select_prev_item(),
+
           -- Manually trigger a completion from nvim-cmp.
           --  Generally you don't need this, because nvim-cmp will display
           --  completions whenever it has completion options available.

For more info:
https://github.com/hrsh7th/nvim-cmp?tab=readme-ov-file#recommended-configuration
https://github.com/hrsh7th/nvim-cmp/wiki/Example-mappings

@feoh should we add that as a commented-out example? Should I open such a PR?

[dduyanhhoang]

It does do the work. Thanks @dam9000 . I'll try to read the init before positing more question.

[alanifotis]

Thank you @dam9000 for your help i will close the issue now