Keyboard shortcuts for GitHub Copilot in the IDE

Find a list of keyboard shortcuts for GitHub Copilot in the IDEs that support it.

JetBrains IDEs

You can use the default keyboard shortcuts for inline suggestions in your JetBrains IDE when using GitHub Copilot.

Keyboard shortcuts for macOS

Action	Shortcut
Accept an inline suggestion	`Tab`
Dismiss an inline suggestion	`Esc`
Show next inline suggestion	`Option (⌥) or Alt`+`]`
Show previous inline suggestion	`Option (⌥) or Alt`+`[`
Trigger inline suggestion	`Option (⌥)`+`\`
Open GitHub Copilot (additional suggestions in separate pane)	`Option (⌥) or Alt`+`Return`

Keyboard shortcuts for Windows

Action	Shortcut
Accept an inline suggestion	`Tab`
Dismiss an inline suggestion	`Esc`
Show next inline suggestion	`Alt`+`]`
Show previous inline suggestion	`Alt`+`[`
Trigger inline suggestion	`Alt`+`\`
Open GitHub Copilot (additional suggestions in separate pane)	`Alt`+`Enter`

Keyboard shortcuts for Linux

Action	Shortcut
Accept an inline suggestion	`Tab`
Dismiss an inline suggestion	`Esc`
Show next inline suggestion	`Alt`+`]`
Show previous inline suggestion	`Alt`+`[`
Trigger inline suggestion	`Alt`+`\`
Open GitHub Copilot (additional suggestions in separate pane)	`Alt`+`Enter`

Visual Studio

You can use the default keyboard shortcuts for inline suggestions in Visual Studio when using GitHub Copilot. You can search for each keyboard shortcut by its command name in the Keyboard Shortcuts editor.

Action	Shortcut	Command name
Show next inline suggestion	`Alt`+`.`	Edit.NextSuggestion
Show previous inline suggestion	`Alt`+`,`	Edit.PreviousSuggestion

VS Code

You can use the default keyboard shortcuts for GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code. Search keyboard shortcuts by command name in the Keyboard Shortcuts editor.

Keyboard shortcuts for macOS

Action	Shortcut	Command name
Accept an inline suggestion	`Tab`	editor.action.inlineSuggest.commit
Dismiss an inline suggestion	`Esc`	editor.action.inlineSuggest.hide
Show next inline suggestion	`Option (⌥)`+`]`	editor.action.inlineSuggest.showNext
Show previous inline suggestion	`Option (⌥)`+`[`	editor.action.inlineSuggest.showPrevious
Trigger inline suggestion	`Option (⌥)`+`\`	editor.action.inlineSuggest.trigger
Open GitHub Copilot (additional suggestions in separate pane)	`Ctrl`+`Return`	github.copilot.generate
Toggle GitHub Copilot on/off	No default shortcut	github.copilot.toggleCopilot

Keyboard shortcuts for Windows

Action	Shortcut	Command name
Accept an inline suggestion	`Tab`	editor.action.inlineSuggest.commit
Dismiss an inline suggestion	`Esc`	editor.action.inlineSuggest.hide
Show next inline suggestion	`Alt`+`]`	editor.action.inlineSuggest.showNext
Show previous inline suggestion	`Alt`+`[`	editor.action.inlineSuggest.showPrevious
Trigger inline suggestion	`Alt`+`\`	editor.action.inlineSuggest.trigger
Open GitHub Copilot (additional suggestions in separate pane)	`Ctrl`+`Enter`	github.copilot.generate
Toggle GitHub Copilot on/off	No default shortcut	github.copilot.toggleCopilot

Keyboard shortcuts for Linux

Action	Shortcut	Command name
Accept an inline suggestion	`Tab`	editor.action.inlineSuggest.commit
Dismiss an inline suggestion	`Esc`	editor.action.inlineSuggest.hide
Show next inline suggestion	`Alt`+`]`	editor.action.inlineSuggest.showNext
Show previous inline suggestion	`Alt`+`[`	editor.action.inlineSuggest.showPrevious
Trigger inline suggestion	`Alt`+`\`	editor.action.inlineSuggest.trigger
Open GitHub Copilot (additional suggestions in separate pane)	`Ctrl`+`Enter`	github.copilot.generate
Toggle GitHub Copilot on/off	No default shortcut	github.copilot.toggleCopilot

Xcode

You can use the default keyboard shortcuts for inline suggestions in Xcode when using GitHub Copilot. Alternatively, you can rebind the shortcuts to your preferred keyboard shortcuts for each specific command.

Action	Shortcut
Accept the first line of a suggestion	`Tab`
View full suggestion	Hold `Option`
Accept full suggestion	`Option`+`Tab`

Eclipse

You can use the default keyboard shortcuts for inline suggestions in Eclipse when using GitHub Copilot.

Action	Shortcut
Accept an inline suggestion	`Tab`
Accept next word of an inline suggestion	`Command`+`→` (Mac) or `Ctrl`+`→` (Windows)
Dismiss an inline suggestion	`Esc`
Trigger inline suggestion	`Option (⌥)`+`Command`+`/` (Mac) or `Alt`+`Ctrl`+`/` (Windows)

Vim/Neovim

You can rebind the keyboard shortcuts in Vim/Neovim when using GitHub Copilot to use your preferred keyboard shortcuts for each specific command. For more information, see the Map article in the Neovim documentation.