Setting to disable Copilot Chat

[cglong]

The Copilot extension has a setting (github.copilot.enable) that allows it to be disabled on a per-workspace basis. Copilot Chat doesn't seem to respect this setting and doesn't seem to have any analogues.

[lramos15]

I'm not sure I understand the use case here? Could you not just avoid making requests to the chat? Completions is a bit different since the requests are automatic

[digitarald]

I assume it is also meant also remove all the extra UI that chat adds in various places. There might also be a assumption that Chat makes some predictive background requests without being manually prompted (which it does not).

Aligning enable/disable settings with Copilot does seem a good idea in general; to give developers fine-grained control and make the Copilot-branded settings work as expected.

[SmallLemur]

It is a good idea, to make sure the experience is coherent. @digitarald Do you think a single setting for both code completion and chat, or 2 separate ones ? It might give more control but also get more confusing with 2 switches

[turbotobias]

@SmallLemur

Two independent enable/disable settings for code completion and chat would be ideal imo

Managing performance is one convenient use case

[xl0]

Crazy that this option is not available.