# GitHub Copilot and other Visual Studio Code extensions

This page discusses issues and suggestions for setting up GitHub Copilot
together with other popular Visual Studio Code extensions.

## Vim (vscodevim)

GitHub Copilot's inline suggestions are triggered when typing or moving with the
arrow keys, but not when moving in Vim's Command mode, and then dropping into
Insert mode.

A possible work-around is to install the `macros` package, and then setup macros
that execute the desired Vim command followed by triggering the inline
suggestions.
For example, to trigger GitHub copilot after any of `o`, `O` and `A`, put the following in your `settings.json`:

```json
    "macros": {
        "vimShiftA": [
            "cursorLineEnd",
            "extension.vim_insert",
            "editor.action.inlineSuggest.trigger"
        ],
        "openLineBelow": [
            "editor.action.insertLineAfter",
            "extension.vim_insert",
            "editor.action.inlineSuggest.trigger"
        ],
        "openLineAbove": [
            "editor.action.insertLineBefore",
            "extension.vim_insert",
            "editor.action.inlineSuggest.trigger"
        ],
    }
```

and the following in your `keybindings.json`:

```json
    {
        "key": "shift+A",
        "command": "macros.vimShiftA",
        "when": "editorFocus && vim.active && !inDebugRepl && vim.mode == 'Normal'"
    },
    {
        "key": "o",
        "command": "macros.openLineBelow",
        "when": "editorFocus && vim.active && !inDebugRepl && vim.mode == 'Normal'"
    },
    {
        "key": "shift+o",
        "command": "macros.openLineAbove",
        "when": "editorFocus && vim.active && !inDebugRepl && vim.mode == 'Normal'"
    }
```