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Cycle through autocomplete suggestions without arrows

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It would be really nice to be able to cycle through the autocomplete suggestions without using the arrow keys. Using Ctrl+N/Ctrl+P and/or Ctrl+J/Ctrl+K would allow the user to keep the fingers on the home row.

VSCode Version: 1.6.0
VsCodeVim Version: 0.3.7
OS: Linux

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Created 7 years ago
Reactions:120
Comments:15 (8 by maintainers)

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johnfncommented, Feb 18, 2018

It is implemented. ctrl n and ctrl p work. If they don’t please submit a bug.

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parmouralycommented, Jun 1, 2020

@jeffwklein You can adjust the shortcut through Code -> Preferences -> Keyboard shortcuts and then look for suggestion

I was able to modify the shortcut for a more vim-like navigation to shift+J and shift+K

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