autosuggestion not working for oh-my-zsh

[b33f00d]

So I thought my autosuggestion was working, I had ran this command source .oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh and it was working fine, but right after I closed the terminal and opened up again the auto suggestion quit working. Any help?

[ericfreese]

You need to configure OMZ to load zsh-autosuggestions on every start-up. Add zsh-autosuggestions to the list of OMZ plugins as described in step 2 of the OMZ installation instructions: https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions/blob/master/INSTALL.md#oh-my-zsh

[b33f00d]

Yea so I have that already in my .zshrc but still nothing and I restarted the terminal already.

[ericfreese]

Ok I'm not sure why that wouldn't be working then. Maybe there is a typo or something? You could always add the manual source line to your .zshrc.

[b33f00d]

That seemed to work. Thanks

[AshGrowem]

⚠️ Be sure iTerm's "Background" and "ANSI Normal Black" are set to two distinctly different colors!

iTerm > Preferences > Profiles > Colors > ANSI Colors > Bright > Black iTerm > Preferences > Profiles > Colors > Basic Colors > Background

@yuungH4x0r I had the same problem. Turns out I had the autosuggestion color (ANSI Bright Black) set exactly the same as my iTerm background so they blended together perfectly and I just couldn't see it 😅

[DeMol-EE]

⚠️ Make sure iTerm's "Background" and "ANSI Normal Black" are set to two distinctly different colors!

iTerm > Preferences > Profiles > Colors > ANSI Colors > Bright > Black iTerm > Preferences > Profiles > Colors > Basic Colors > Background

@yuungH4x0r I had the same problem. Turns out I had the autosuggestion color (ANSI Bright Black) set exactly the same as my iTerm background so they blended together perfectly and I just couldn't see it 😅

Could this perhaps be added to the README somewhere, under troubleshooting?

[ericfreese]

Could this perhaps be added to the README somewhere, under troubleshooting?

Good idea! Please feel free to write something up and send a PR.

[huwllewellyn]

I was missing the repo. To fix I ran: $ git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

[ghost]

running git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions solved this for me.

[keidarcy]

for me, messed up zsh-autosuggestions and zsh-completions. I know it's stupid, but it cost me 5 minutes -_- hope you don't ;)

[bayronq]

thanks.

[hongshaoyang]

⚠️ Make sure iTerm's "Background" and "ANSI Normal Black" are set to two distinctly different colors!

To add on, under iTerm > Preferences > Profile > Colors, do not choose Solarized Dark as a Color Preset as "Background" and "ANSI Bright Black" are the same colour!

[dipam7]

I am trying to install zsh-autosuggestions. I followed the manual steps as well as homebrew steps. However, in both cases when I try to do source ~/.zshrc I get the following error:

-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_HIGHLIGHT_STYLE} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_ORIGINAL_WIDGET_PREFIX} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_STRATEGY} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_CLEAR_WIDGETS} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_ACCEPT_WIDGETS} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_EXECUTE_WIDGETS} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_PARTIAL_ACCEPT_WIDGETS} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_IGNORE_WIDGETS} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_COMPLETIONS_PTY_NAME} : bad substitution
-bash: /Users/dipamvasani/.zsh/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh: line 95: syntax error near unexpected token `('
-bash: /Users/dipamvasani/.zsh/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh: line 95: `      user:_zsh_autosuggest_(bound|orig)_*)'

Can someone tell me what's wrong?

[veksha]

for me the problem was simply wrong order of commands in .zshrc

this line: plugins=(git z colored-man-pages zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions)

was AFTER this line: source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

I just swapped them and after that all plugins were loaded correctly. (no need for manual sourcing of plugins)

[ericfreese]

@dipam7 it looks like you’re using bash. This is a plug-in for zsh so it won’t work in bash. Install and use zsh to use this plugin. It looks like there’s a good write up on installing zsh here https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/wiki/Installing-ZSH

[igortuag]

for me the problem was simply wrong order of commands in .zshrc

this line: plugins=(git z colored-man-pages zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions)

was AFTER this line: source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

I just swapped them and after that all plugins were loaded correctly. (no need for manual sourcing of plugins)

Thanks, it worked for me

[rhabibul]

for me the problem was simply wrong order of commands in .zshrc

this line: plugins=(git z colored-man-pages zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions)

was AFTER this line: source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

I just swapped them and after that all plugins were loaded correctly. (no need for manual sourcing of plugins)

Thanks, it worked for me as well

[ngtankhoa]

@veksha thank you so much! this works for me as well. I think this should be considered the accepted answer.

[eeerpjw]

for me the problem was simply wrong order of commands in .zshrc

this line: plugins=(git z colored-man-pages zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions)

was AFTER this line: source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

I just swapped them and after that all plugins were loaded correctly. (no need for manual sourcing of plugins)

thanks you so much, it worked for me.

[rodrigoalmeidagit]

I am currently using the theme below, which is the same as the initial OMZ standard, with only a few color changes.

# @host ➜ currentdir rvm:(rubyversion@gemset) git:(branchname)

# Get the current ruby version in use with RVM:
if [ -e ~/.rvm/bin/rvm-prompt ]; then
    RUBY_PROMPT_="%{$fg_bold[blue]%}rvm:(%{$fg[green]%}\$(~/.rvm/bin/rvm-prompt s i v g)%{$fg_bold[blue]%})%{$reset_color%} "
else
  if which rbenv &> /dev/null; then
    RUBY_PROMPT_="%{$fg_bold[blue]%}rbenv:(%{$fg[green]%}\$(rbenv version | sed -e 's/ (set.*$//')%{$fg_bold[blue]%})%{$reset_color%} "
  fi
fi

# Get the host name (first 4 chars)
HOST_PROMPT_="%{$fg_bold[green]%}@rodrigo-linux ➜ %{$fg_bold[cyan]%}%c "
GIT_PROMPT="%{$fg_bold[blue]%}\$(git_prompt_info)%{$fg_bold[blue]%} % %{$reset_color%}"
PROMPT="$HOST_PROMPT_$RUBY_PROMPT_$GIT_PROMPT"

ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_PREFIX="git:( %{$fg[red]%}"
ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_SUFFIX="%{$reset_color%}"
ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_DIRTY="%{$fg[blue]% %{$fg[yellow]%} ✗ %{$fg[blue]%)"
ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_CLEAN="%{$fg[blue]% %{$fg[yellow]%} ✔ %{$fg[blue]%)"

It turns out that if I change the theme in the ~ / .zshrc file, to the Dracula theme, the auto suggestion stops working.

Can someone help me? Thanks

[titaneric]

I am trying to install zsh-autosuggestions. I followed the manual steps as well as homebrew steps. However, in both cases when I try to do source ~/.zshrc I get the following error:

-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_HIGHLIGHT_STYLE} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_ORIGINAL_WIDGET_PREFIX} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_STRATEGY} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_CLEAR_WIDGETS} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_ACCEPT_WIDGETS} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_EXECUTE_WIDGETS} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_PARTIAL_ACCEPT_WIDGETS} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_IGNORE_WIDGETS} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_COMPLETIONS_PTY_NAME} : bad substitution
-bash: /Users/dipamvasani/.zsh/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh: line 95: syntax error near unexpected token `('
-bash: /Users/dipamvasani/.zsh/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh: line 95: `        user:_zsh_autosuggest_(bound|orig)_*)'

Can someone tell me what's wrong?

Perhaps a little late. You are running zsh command in bash, you may set your default shell to zsh by sudo chsh -s $(which zsh) $USER.

[jonathanmdr]

Running this command solved it for me: $ git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

[mikedixson]

running git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions solved this for me.

This worked perfectly for me. Without spending too much time on this I guess apt installed to a location that OMZ doesn't pick up from just declaring the plugin by name.

[harmandeep-singh]

Folk like me generally did mistake pasting the end of file : follow the suggestion of @veksha

[jaydreyer]

Ha. In case any of the other suggestions don't work for you, make sure you don't somehow end up with two plugin sections in your .zshrc file like I did. I have no idea how that happened, but it'll take the second one, and that wasn't the one I was populating. Anyway...

[locdhthtb]

i using bash in git version 2.33.1.windows.1

anyone get error like this in terminal windows 10 , but "Git bash" is working

config .zshrc

• source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh
• plugins=(zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions)
• source ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

typing space or any key press , get this : [?1h←

[acgq]

i using bash in git version 2.33.1.windows.1

anyone get error like this in terminal windows 10 , but "Git bash" is working

config .zshrc

* source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

* plugins=(zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions)

* source ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

typing space or any key press , get this : [?1h←

I enconter this problem in windows too, disabling async mode (add unset ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_USE_ASYNC in .zshrc) seem to be a workaround

[patricksousamacedo]

What worked for me was removing the spaces between the equal sign and the (git zsh-autosuggestions)

It was like this: plugins = (git zsh-autosuggestions)

I removed the spaces: plugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions)

And I put the source line below the plugins line:

plugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions)

source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

[itzzmesid]

I was missing the repo. To fix I ran: $ git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

Worked

[faustaleonardo]

for me the problem was simply wrong order of commands in .zshrc

this line: plugins=(git z colored-man-pages zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions)

was AFTER this line: source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

I just swapped them and after that all plugins were loaded correctly. (no need for manual sourcing of plugins)

A lifesaver. Thank you 👍

[blackboldxdevmedia]

⚠️ Be sure iTerm's "Background" and "ANSI Normal Black" are set to two distinctly different colors!

iTerm > Preferences > Profiles > Colors > ANSI Colors > Bright > Black iTerm > Preferences > Profiles > Colors > Basic Colors > Background

@yuungH4x0r I had the same problem. Turns out I had the autosuggestion color (ANSI Bright Black) set exactly the same as my iTerm background so they blended together perfectly and I just couldn't see it 😅

Awesome. Thanks!

[JackWP1]

None of the above suggestions worked for me. So I had to source directly to the file to get mine working. Maybe this might help someone else. Or maybe I'm missing a trick and there's a better way of doing this..?

in my .zshrc file:

plugins=(zsh-autosuggestions)
source ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh

[davidc360]

source ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh

This worked for me

[jd-apprentice]

I was missing the repo. To fix I ran: $ git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

This solved the issue for me thanks!

[prawee]

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

source .zshrc

i solved.

[sani-sidqam]

plugins=(zsh-autosuggestions) source ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh

this worked for me, thanks

[jonathanmdr]

I run $ git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions and It's worked for me.

[entwwwicklung]

hmm for me the issue was that instead of having plugins listed like this in ~/.zshrc file plugins= ( git zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting ) had to change it to one line plugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting)

probably some spacing issue happened

[ArnaudRm]

For people that encounters this issue trying to achieve that on Linux + terminator :

You just have to go to Preferences > Profile > Colors . In sub-menu Palette . Then, you must select Custom instead of Solarize Dark as a built-in themes. Finally, change the bottom left color to a lighter one.

[chiboycalix]

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

This fixed it for me as well..Thank you so much

[tsids]

For people that encounters this issue trying to achieve that on Linux + terminator :

You just have to go to Preferences > Profile > Colors . In sub-menu Palette . Then, you must select Custom instead of Solarize Dark as a built-in themes. Finally, change the bottom left color to a lighter one.

Thank you, this worked for me. I can't believe the autosuggestions were working, but I couldn't see them because of the background color of the terminal :joy:

[clauBv23]

⚠️ Be sure iTerm's "Background" and "ANSI Normal Black" are set to two distinctly different colors!

iTerm > Preferences > Profiles > Colors > ANSI Colors > Bright > Black iTerm > Preferences > Profiles > Colors > Basic Colors > Background

@yuungH4x0r I had the same problem. Turns out I had the autosuggestion color (ANSI Bright Black) set exactly the same as my iTerm background so they blended together perfectly and I just couldn't see it 😅

Oh, damn! 😮‍💨

[DebOM]

add source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh to your ~/.zshrc. It started to work for me once added, even though I had the plugin set correctly

[dominikabieder]

I'm getting 'zsh-autosuggestions' not found and 'zsh-syntax-highlighting' not found even though they are working.

I can only download the zip, I put it in .zsh folder, then added the plugins and at the end source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh - without it it wouldn't show the branch name.

What can I improve? I can't git clone, the antigen also didn't work despite installing it with brew.

plugins=(
  git 
  zsh-autosuggestions
  zsh-syntax-highlighting
)

source ~/.zsh/zsh-autosuggestions-master/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh
source ~/.zsh/zsh-syntax-highlighting-master/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh

source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

[gnsalok]

Please validate below points to fix zsh-autosuggestions

1. Make sure you do not define plugins=() twice in ~/.zshrc file. Sometimes while installing Oh My Zsh and Powerlevel10k, plugins=(git) automatically gets added, and you end up getting added it twice.
2. In ~/.zshrc file, plugins=(git) line should come before source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh.

If you mess up with step 2, you will end up debugging for hours.

[manjushsh]

for me the problem was simply wrong order of commands in .zshrc

this line: plugins=(git z colored-man-pages zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions)

was AFTER this line: source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

I just swapped them and after that all plugins were loaded correctly. (no need for manual sourcing of plugins)

Thank you. It worked!

[DavydovDenys]

All you need is to have only one line plugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting) In my case, I had 2 lines plugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting) plugins=(git ssh) I just added git ssh to plugins=(git ssh zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting) and remove the last line plugins=(git ssh) and this worked for me.

[hoangneeee]

for me the problem was simply wrong order of commands in .zshrc

this line: plugins=(git z colored-man-pages zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions)

was AFTER this line: source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

I just swapped them and after that all plugins were loaded correctly. (no need for manual sourcing of plugins)

thank you, it helps me

[sunwhw]

1. vim ~/.zshrc
2. only add "source ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions", no "plugins"!
3. source ~.zshrc it works for me!

[FahimFBA]

I followed the issue on macOS Sonoma like below:

1. Ran this: git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions to clone and save them in the zsh's plugin's directory.
2. Opened the config using open ~/.zshrc
3. Changed plugins=(git) to plugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions)
4. Reloaded the config using source ~/.zshrc

It worked flawlessly!