microsoft / microsoft/WinAppVSCE
XAML: add a setting to disable auto-suggest without disabling IntelliSense
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Description
Follow-up from the PR #50 review (finding M6).
src/xaml/xamlLanguageService.ts (~lines 339-368) automatically triggers the suggestion widget after certain XAML attribute edits. The only way to turn this off today is winapp.xaml.intelliSense.enable, which disables the entire XAML language service — completions, diagnostics, hover, and document links included.
Users who want IntelliSense but find the automatic popup disruptive (a common preference, and one VS Code itself exposes via editor.suggestOnTriggerCharacters) have no middle ground.
Suggested work:
- Add a
winapp.xaml.intelliSense.autoSuggestboolean setting (defaulttrue) gating only the auto-trigger path. - Document it alongside the existing XAML settings.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start in src/xaml/xamlLanguageService.ts around lines 339-368, where attribute edits trigger the suggestion widget, and inspect the existing XAML IntelliSense settings. Add the autoSuggest setting with a true default, document it alongside the other XAML settings, and verify that disabling it suppresses automatic popups without disabling IntelliSense features.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 76/100