Prevent VS Code intellisense suggestion boxes from consuming up/down arrows

Question

When I type "std::" in VS Code with Intellisense active, a dropdown appears with suggested completions. Then, pressing the down key will cycle through the dropdown. But I don't want to browse through the dropdown with my arrow keys; I want to move to the next line of code. Is there a way to make arrow keys ignore the dropdown without disabling dropdowns entirely?

Answer 1

Add these to your keybindings.json:

{
  "key": "down",
  "command": "-selectNextSuggestion",
  "when": "textInputFocus && suggestWidgetMultipleSuggestions && suggestWidgetVisible"
},
// {
//   "key": "down",
//   "command": "Your Other Command Here",
//   "when": "textInputFocus && suggestWidgetMultipleSuggestions && suggestWidgetVisible"
// }

The first disables the default DownArrow action when a suggest panel is open and the second makes the DownArrow do something else in that situation. You don't need the second keybinding since you only want the default action once the special selectNextSuggestion is disabled.