Suggestion is not completely shown when it takes up more than the end of the line

[carmilso]

I'm facing an issue that I am sure is simple to fix, but I have spent some time trying it and I can't figure it out.

The problem comes when the suggestion is longer than what is left to reach the end of the line, as you can see in the following picture:

However, If I do accept the suggestion, this is what it should have appeared in the previous picture:

So as you can see, the suggestion isn't complete when it first appears, at least until I accept it. Any ideas?

[MunifTanjim]

Copilot is suggesting one long line without any line breaks. And Neovim's virtual text doesn't wrap, so the virtual text showing the copilot suggestion is going beyond the screen.

[carmilso]

I see... Thanks for the answer. So do you think there may be some workaround to show the entire suggestion?

[MunifTanjim]

Unless Neovim supports it, nope. Also, I'm not sure if it's worth it. You can do one of the following:

• Just accept it the whole thing and then edit manually.
• Once your markdown file has a pattern, copilot will usually follow that. So, if all the lines in your markdown files are within 120 characters, copilot will give suggestion with that line length.

[carmilso]

Okay, thanks. It's a bit annoying because in Vim you can see the full suggestion but I will accept it and then edit manually

[MunifTanjim]

Yeah, looks like vim's virtual text supports wrapping.

You can create a feature request for Neovim: https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues

[carmilso]

Yeah, looks like vim's virtual text supports wrapping.

You can create a feature request for Neovim: https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues

I will. Thanks for the suggestion!

[carmilso]

@MunifTanjim wouldn't it be possible to use a keymap to move the Copilot's suggestion to a popup (like cmp) so it is fully shown?

[MunifTanjim]

Yep, that would be possible to implement.