Tab Completion in VS Code Terminal doesn't complete the highlighted command

Question

When I start typing a command into the integrated pwsh terminal prompt in Visual Studio Code, auto-complete suggests some ideas.

Example:

• I type . and the terminal suggests .\.venv\Scripts\activate:
• 

But when I hit TAB which is my intuition to accept the suggestion, nothing happens.

How do I get the TAB key to accept the suggested command?

Answer 1

This is detailed in the Using predictors in PSReadLine documentation:

• AcceptSuggestion is built within ForwardChar, which is bound to RightArrow by default

And, if you wanna add a new handler, also detailed in the linked doc, you can use the Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler cmdlet.

For example, if you wanted to accept suggestions with Alt + A, you could do:

# `a` casing is important here, if you use `A` you'd need `Shift + Alt + A`
Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler -Chord 'alt+a' -Function AcceptSuggestion