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Slakter
Slakter

Reputation: 813

Powershell 7.3.0 Tab completion not working

I've recently upgraded PowerShell to version 7.3.0 version and now, when I type a command, I see its suggestions like when I'm typing pip it adds list like in this image. Or when I type start of the command it suggests its full name.

The problem is that when I press Tab it doesn't complete the command, instead it just starts listing current directories, i.e. here is an image after pressing Tab once. Also even when I start typing the full name of the command like pip li it still shows the ending, but when pressing Tab it just does nothing.

I expected this to complete the current command with the suggestion after Tab is pressed.

I've tried to google this problem but haven't found the exact same case I have with 7.3.0 version.

Upvotes: 71

Views: 19994

Answers (3)

ProllyGeek
ProllyGeek

Reputation: 15856

TL;DR Answer

For devs who use VSCode on Windows

  • Open your PS profile file

    code $PROFILE // usually under C:\Users\$USERNAME\OneDrive\Documents\PowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1

  • Add following code to your Profile

Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler -Key Tab `
                         -BriefDescription ForwardCharAndAcceptNextSuggestionWord `
                         -LongDescription "Move cursor one character to the right in the current editing line and accept the next word in suggestion when it's at the end of current editing line" `
                         -ScriptBlock {
    param($key, $arg)

    $line = $null
    $cursor = $null
    [Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::GetBufferState([ref]$line, [ref]$cursor)

    if ($cursor -lt $line.Length) {
        [Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::ForwardChar($key, $arg)
    } else {
        [Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::AcceptSuggestion($key, $arg)
    }
}

This will make press TAB accepts the new full line suggestion. Feel free to change the map to whatever key you prefer

Please note this will change the default behavior of tab giving suggestions to available files in the directory when running any command that targets these files

Upvotes: 1

TechDogLover OR kiaNasirzadeh
TechDogLover OR kiaNasirzadeh

Reputation: 5181

i think you can use :

Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler -Key Ctrl+q -Function TabCompleteNext

i grabbed this line from "this line in PSReadLine github"

Upvotes: 0

Burak Demircan
Burak Demircan

Reputation: 1286

Just press -> (right arrow) key

If you want to change key bindings: source: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/announcing-psreadline-2-1-with-predictive-intellisense/

Key Bindings for Predictions

Key bindings control cursor movement and additional features within the prediction. To support users running Predictive IntelliSense on multiple platforms, key bindings are user-settable from the command line or your profile script.

PSReadLine contains functions to navigate and accept predictions. As an example, to accept a displayed prediction, PSReadLine contains functions:

  • AcceptSuggestion – Accept the current inline suggestion
  • AcceptNextSuggestionWord – Accept the next word of the inline suggestion

AcceptSuggestion is built within ForwardChar, which by default is bound to RightArrow. Pressing RightArrow accepts an inline suggestion when the cursor is at the end of the current line.

AcceptNextSuggestionWord is built within the function ForwardWord, which can be bound with Ctrl+f by Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler -Chord "Ctrl+f" -Function ForwardWord. Pressing Ctrl+f accepts the next word of an inline suggestion when the cursor is at the end of current editing line.

As a user, you can bound other keys to AcceptSuggestion and AcceptNextSuggestionWord for similar functionalities. Search for ForwardCharAndAcceptNextSuggestionWord in SamplePSReadLineProfile.ps1 for an example to make RightArrow accept the next word from inline suggestion, instead of the whole suggestion line.

List of additional suggested key bindings defined in PSReadLine SamplePSReadLineProfile.ps1

Upvotes: 117

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