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This guide demonstrates how to get coding suggestions from GitHub Copilot in a JetBrains IDE. To see instructions for other popular coding environments, use the tool switcher at the top of the page.
The examples in this guide use Java, however other languages will work similarly. GitHub Copilot provides suggestions for numerous languages and a wide variety of frameworks, but works especially well for Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Ruby, Go, C# and C++. GitHub Copilot can also assist in query generation for databases, or generating suggestions for APIs and frameworks.
-
Subscription to Copilot
. To use GitHub Copilot in JetBrains, you must have an active GitHub Copilot subscription. For information about how to get access to Copilot, see "
About GitHub Copilot
."
-
Compatible JetBrains IDE
. To use GitHub Copilot in JetBrains, you must have a compatible JetBrains IDE installed. GitHub Copilot is compatible with the following IDEs:
- IntelliJ IDEA (Ultimate, Community, Educational)
- Android Studio
- AppCode
- CLion
- Code With Me Guest
- DataGrip
- DataSpell
- GoLand
- JetBrains Client
- MPS
- PhpStorm
- PyCharm (Professional, Community, Educational)
- Rider
- RubyMine
- RustRover
- WebStorm
For more information, see the
JetBrains IDEs
tool finder.
-
GitHub Copilot plugin for JetBrains
. To use GitHub Copilot in JetBrains, you must install the
GitHub Copilot plugin
. For more information, see "
Installing the GitHub Copilot extension in your environment
."
GitHub Copilot offers coding suggestions as you type. For example, in a Java file, create a class by typing
class Test
.
GitHub Copilot will automatically suggest a class body in grayed text. To accept the suggestion, press
Tab
.
You can also describe something you want to do using natural language within a comment, and Copilot will suggest the code to accomplish your goal. For example, type this comment in a Java file:
Java
// find all images without alternate text
// and give them a red border
void process () {
void
process
()
{
GitHub Copilot will automatically suggest code. To accept the suggestion, press
Tab
.
GitHub Copilot will attempt to match the context and style of your code. You can always edit the suggested code.
For any given input, GitHub Copilot may offer multiple suggestions. You can select which suggestion to use, or reject all suggestions.
For example, type the following line in a Java file, and press
Enter
:
Java
private int calculateDaysBetweenDates(Date date1,
private
int
calculateDaysBetweenDates
(Date date1,
GitHub Copilot will show you a suggestion.
Now hover over the suggestion to show the GitHub Copilot control for choosing suggestions. To display next or previous suggestions, click the forward or back arrow button in the control.
You can also use keyboard shortcuts to show alternative suggestions:
| OS
| See next suggestion
| See previous suggestion
|
|---|
| macOS
| Option
+
]
| Option
+
[
|
| Windows or Linux
| Alt
+
]
| Alt
+
[
|
To accept a suggestion, click "Accept" in the Copilot command palette, or press
Tab
. To reject all suggestions, press
Esc
.
If you don't want to use any of the initial suggestions GitHub Copilot offers, you can show multiple suggestions in a new tab.
For example, type the following line in a Java file:
Java
private int calculateDaysBetweenDates(Date date1,
private
int
calculateDaysBetweenDates
(Date date1,
GitHub Copilot will show you a suggestion.
To open a new tab with multiple additional suggestions, use the following keyboard shortcut, then click
Open GitHub Copilot
:
| OS
| Open multiple suggestions
|
|---|
| macOS
| Command
+
Shift
+
A
|
| Windows or Linux
| Ctrl
+
Enter
|
To accept a suggestion, below the suggestion, click
Accept suggestion NUMBER
. To reject all suggestions, close the tab.
If you don't want to accept an entire suggestion from GitHub Copilot, you can accept the next word or the next line of a suggestion.
For example, type the following line in a Java file:
Java
private int calculateDaysBetweenDates(Date date1,
private
int
calculateDaysBetweenDates
(Date date1,
GitHub Copilot will show a suggestion in grayed text. The exact suggestion may vary.
Now hover over the suggestion to show the GitHub Copilot control for choosing suggestions. To accept only the next word of the suggestion, click
Accept Word
in the control.
Alternatively, you can use a keyboard shortcut to accept the next word of a suggestion:
| OS
| Accept Next Word
| Accept Next Line
|
|---|
| macOS
| Command
+
→
| Command
+
Control
+
→
|
| Windows or Linux
| Control
+
→
| Control
+
Alt
+
→
|
If you want to accept the next line of a suggestion, you will need to set a custom keyboard shortcut for the command
editor.action.inlineSuggest.acceptNextLine
. For more information on setting custom keyboard shortcuts, see "
Configuring GitHub Copilot in your environment
."
This guide demonstrates how to get coding suggestions from GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio for Windows. To see instructions for other popular coding environments, use the tool switcher at the top of the page.
The examples in this guide use C#, however other languages will work similarly. GitHub Copilot provides suggestions for numerous languages and a wide variety of frameworks, but works especially well for Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Ruby, Go, C# and C++. GitHub Copilot can also assist in query generation for databases, or generating suggestions for APIs and frameworks.
-
Subscription to Copilot
. To use GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio, you must have an active GitHub Copilot subscription. For information about how to get access to Copilot, see "
About GitHub Copilot
."
-
Compatible version of Visual Studio
. To use GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio, you must have version 2022 17.6 or later of Visual Studio for Windows installed. Note that GitHub Copilot is not currently available in Visual Studio for Mac. For more information, see "
Install Visual Studio
" in the Microsoft documentation.
-
GitHub Copilot extension for Visual Studio
. For instructions on how to install the Copilot extension, see "
Install GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio
" in the Microsoft documentation.
GitHub Copilot offers coding suggestions as you type. For example, type this function
signature in a C# file:
C#
int CalculateDaysBetweenDates(
int
CalculateDaysBetweenDates
(
GitHub Copilot will automatically suggest an entire function body in grayed text. To accept the suggestion, press
Tab
.
You can also describe something you want to do using natural language within a comment, and Copilot will suggest the code to accomplish your goal. For example, type this comment in the C# file:
C#
using System.Xml.Linq;
var doc = XDocument.Load("index.xhml");
// find all images
using
System.Xml.Linq;
var
doc = XDocument.Load(
"index.xhml"
);
GitHub Copilot will suggest an implementation of the function. To accept the suggestion, press
Tab
.
For any given input, GitHub Copilot may offer multiple suggestions. You can select which suggestion to use, or reject all suggestions.
For example, type this function signature in a C# file:
C#
int CalculateDaysBetweenDates(
int
CalculateDaysBetweenDates
(
GitHub Copilot will show you a suggestion.
Now hover over the suggestion to show the GitHub Copilot control for choosing suggestions. To display next or previous suggestions, click the forward or back arrow button in the control.
Alternatively, you can show alternate suggestions by pressing
Alt
+
.
(or
Alt
+
,
) on your keyboard.
To accept a suggestion, click "Accept" in the Copilot command palette, or press
Tab
. To reject all suggestions, press
Esc
.
This guide demonstrates how to get coding suggestions from GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code. To see instructions for other popular coding environments, use the tool switcher at the top of the page.
The examples in this guide use JavaScript, however other languages will work similarly. GitHub Copilot provides suggestions for numerous languages and a wide variety of frameworks, but works especially well for Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Ruby, Go, C# and C++. GitHub Copilot can also assist in query generation for databases, or generating suggestions for APIs and frameworks.
-
Subscription to Copilot
. To use GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code, you must have an active GitHub Copilot subscription. For information about how to get access to Copilot, see "
About GitHub Copilot
."
-
Visual Studio Code
. To use GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code, you must have Visual Studio Code installed. For more information, see the
Visual Studio Code download page
.
-
Copilot extension for Visual Studio Code
. To use GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code, you must install the
GitHub Copilot extension
. For more information, see "
Set up GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code
" in the Visual Studio Code documentation.
GitHub Copilot offers coding suggestions as you type. For example, type this function header in a JavaScript file:
JavaScript
function calculateDaysBetweenDates(begin, end) {
function
calculateDaysBetweenDates
(
begin, end
) {
GitHub Copilot will automatically suggest the rest of the function. To accept the suggestion, press
Tab
.
You can also describe something you want to do using natural language within a comment, and Copilot will suggest the code to accomplish your goal. For example, type this comment in a JavaScript file:
JavaScript
// write a function to
// find all images without alternate text
// and give them a red border
GitHub Copilot will automatically suggest code. To accept the suggestion, press
Tab
.
For any given input, GitHub Copilot may offer multiple suggestions. You can select which suggestion to use, or reject all suggestions.
For example, type this function header in a JavaScript file, and press
Enter
:
JavaScript
function calculateDaysBetweenDates(begin, end) {
function
calculateDaysBetweenDates
(
begin, end
) {
GitHub Copilot will show you a suggestion.
Now hover over the suggestion to show the GitHub Copilot control for choosing suggestions. To display next or previous suggestions, click the forward or back arrow button in the control.
You can also use keyboard shortcuts to show alternative suggestions:
| OS
| See next suggestion
| See previous suggestion
|
|---|
| macOS
| Option (?) or Alt
+
]
| Option (?) or Alt
+
[
|
| Windows or Linux
| Alt
+
]
| Alt
+
[
|
To accept a suggestion, click "Accept" in the Copilot command palette, or press
Tab
. To reject all suggestions, press
Esc
.
If you don't want to use any of the initial suggestions GitHub Copilot offers, you can show multiple suggestions in a new tab.
For example, type this function header in a JavaScript file, and press
Enter
:
JavaScript
function calculateDaysBetweenDates(begin, end) {
function
calculateDaysBetweenDates
(
begin, end
) {
GitHub Copilot will show you a suggestion. Now press
Ctrl
+
Enter
to open a new tab with multiple additional options.
To accept a suggestion, below the suggestion, click
Accept suggestion NUMBER
. To reject all suggestions, close the tab.
If you don't want to accept an entire suggestion from GitHub Copilot, you can accept the next word or the next line of a suggestion.
For example, type this function header in a JavaScript file, and press
Enter
:
JavaScript
function calculateDaysBetweenDates(begin, end) {
function
calculateDaysBetweenDates
(
begin, end
) {
GitHub Copilot will automatically suggest an entire function body in grayed text. The exact suggestion may vary.
Now hover over the suggestion to show the GitHub Copilot control for choosing suggestions. To accept only the next word of the suggestion, click
Accept Word
in the control.
Alternatively, you can use a keyboard shortcut to accept the next word of a suggestion:
| OS
| Accept Next Word
|
|---|
| macOS
| Command
+
→
|
| Windows or Linux
| Control
+
→
|
If you want to accept the next line of a suggestion, you will need to set a custom keyboard shortcut for the command
editor.action.inlineSuggest.acceptNextLine
. For more information on setting custom keyboard shortcuts, see "
Configuring GitHub Copilot in your environment
."
This guide demonstrates how to get coding suggestions from GitHub Copilot in Azure Data Studio. To see instructions for other popular coding environments, use the tool switcher at the top of the page.
-
Subscription to Copilot
. To use GitHub Copilot in Azure Data Studio, you must have an active GitHub Copilot subscription. For information about how to get access to Copilot, see "
About GitHub Copilot
."
-
Compatible version of Azure Data Studio
. To use GitHub Copilot in Azure Data Studio, you must have Azure Data Studio version 1.44.0 or later installed. For more information, see the
Azure Data Studio download page
in the Azure Data Studio documentation.
-
GitHub Copilot extension for Azure Data Studio
. To use GitHub Copilot in Azure Data Studio, you must install the GitHub Copilot extension. For more information, see "
Installing the GitHub Copilot extension in your environment
."
GitHub Copilot can provide you with inline suggestions as you create SQL databases in Azure Data Studio. For example, if you're writing a query that joins two tables, Copilot may suggest the join condition from columns in the open editor, other files in the workspace, and common syntax patterns.
In a SQL file, type the following query:
SQL
SELECT [UserId], [Red], [Orange], [Yellow], [Green], [Blue], [Purple], [Rainbow]
FROM [Tag].[Scoreboard]
INNER JOIN
SELECT
[UserId], [Red], [Orange], [Yellow], [Green], [Blue], [Purple], [Rainbow]
FROM
[Tag].[Scoreboard]
INNER
JOIN
GitHub Copilot will automatically suggest a join condition in grayed text. The exact suggestion may vary. To accept the suggestion, press
Tab
.
You can also describe something you want to do using natural language within a comment, and Copilot will suggest the code to accomplish your goal. For example, type this comment in a SQL file:
SQL
SELECT TokenColor, COUNT(UserID) AS UserCount
FROM Tag.Users
GROUP BY TokenColor
-- pivot that query on tokencolor for Purple, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red
-- and rename the columns to match the colors
SELECT [Purple], [Blue], [Green], [Yellow], [Orange], [Red]
SELECT
TokenColor,
COUNT
(UserID)
AS
UserCount
FROM
Tag.Users
GROUP
BY
TokenColor
SELECT
[Purple], [Blue], [Green], [Yellow], [Orange], [Red]
GitHub Copilot will automatically suggest code. To accept the suggestion, press
Tab
.
For some suggestions, GitHub Copilot may provide multiple alternatives. You can select which suggestion you want to use, or reject all suggestions.
For example, type this query in a SQL file:
SQL
SELECT [UserId], [Red], [Orange], [Yellow], [Green], [Blue], [Purple], [Rainbow]
FROM [Tag].[Scoreboard]
INNER JOIN
SELECT
[UserId], [Red], [Orange], [Yellow], [Green], [Blue], [Purple], [Rainbow]
FROM
[Tag].[Scoreboard]
INNER
JOIN
GitHub Copilot will show you a suggestion.
Now hover over the suggestion to show the GitHub Copilot control for choosing suggestions. To display next or previous suggestions, click the forward or back arrow button in the control.
You can also use keyboard shortcuts to show alternative suggestions:
| OS
| See next suggestion
| See previous suggestion
|
|---|
| macOS
| Option
+
[
| Option
+
]
|
| Windows or Linux
| Alt
+
[
| Alt
+
]
|
To accept a suggestion, click "Accept" in the Copilot control, or press
Tab
. To reject all suggestions, press
Esc
.
If you don't want to accept an entire suggestion from GitHub Copilot, you can accept the next word or the next line of a suggestion.
For example, type this query in a SQL file:
SQL
SELECT [UserId], [Red], [Orange], [Yellow], [Green], [Blue], [Purple], [Rainbow]
FROM [Tag].[Scoreboard]
INNER JOIN
SELECT
[UserId], [Red], [Orange], [Yellow], [Green], [Blue], [Purple], [Rainbow]
FROM
[Tag].[Scoreboard]
INNER
JOIN
GitHub Copilot will show you a suggestion in grayed text. The exact suggestion may vary.
Now hover over the suggestion to show the GitHub Copilot control for choosing suggestions. To accept only the next word of the suggestion, click
Accept Word
in the control.
Alternatively, you can use a keyboard shortcut to accept the next word of a suggestion:
| OS
| Accept Next Word
|
|---|
| macOS
| Command
+
→
|
| Windows or Linux
| Control
+
→
|
If you want to accept the next line of the suggestion, you will need to set a custom keyboard shortcut for the command
editor.action.inlineSuggest.acceptNextLine
. For more information on setting custom keyboard shortcuts, see "
Keyboard shortcuts in Azure Data Studio
" in the Microsoft documentation.
