Suggestion dissappears before being able to accept it, mostly where the suggestion is needed on the current line

[RunRobert]

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When using Github copilot in Visual studio 2022 and VB.NET, a lot of the time GitHub Copilot only flashes it's suggestion, but too fast for you to tab into it. Sometimes I get to the last 2 characters before the suggestion is displayed to be selected. Why does it only flash the response briefly, and how do I change this behavior? It is not because I continue to type. I stop typing, wait for the suggestion, and then tab to select it. But the suggestion disappears before I can tab into it, forcing me to write the code manually. Why does it just flash the suggestion? It works fine if the code is on a new line. This appears to be an unhandled bug within Copilot.

To be clear, I type a character, I stop typing, after a brief period a suggestion comes up, but then goes straight away without me typing anything. Tab just acts as a tab. I type another character. I stop. The suggestion appears for a very short period and then is gone. Sometime it only stays there when I am right at the end of typing the line for myself. This is very frustrating.

There is no issue with this when I type a comment, and the code suggestion appears on a new line. I can tab and it accepts the code.

[davidklempfner1]

I have this same issue. Very frustrating.

[ayim]

Sorry to hear it's been frustrating, I wonder if we have a race condition here.

I've filed this bug report - if you have any screen recordings (Win + G makes this really easy) and Visual Studio version info you could add to that, would be really helpful.

https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/VBNET-Copilot-suggestion-disappears-bef/10688824

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Aaron Yim
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[gundermanc]

Hey folks, I am actively investigating this issue. Can you please share any videos of the repro if you have them or repro steps to aid in in the investigation?

ScreenToGIF is another great tool for doing these sorts of captures.

[peteringemann]

Anything new? This bug is present in all my VS installations and it is rather annoying.

[RunRobert]

Here is a video of some of the times this has happened. Note that I am typing slow so that it can guess. You will see it flash the answer, and dissapear even though I am not actively typing at that moment.

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