Hello everyone,
I’ve disabled and uninstalled all my extensions and turned off every inline suggestion setting I could find. However, Cursor still keeps showing auto-suggestions while I’m coding, and it’s really frustrating.
In VS Code, it’s much simpler to disable these suggestions — there’s a clear toggle button for Copilot in the bottom right corner. You don’t have to dig through thousands of settings in the user preferences.
Does anyone have any tips or workarounds besides switching back to VS Code when I want to avoid this distraction?
I strongly suggest to Cursor to add such switch as well.
Thanks!
Hey, these are Cursor Tab autocompletions. You can disable them from the command palette.
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Hi Deanrie,
Thank you for your support! It worked.
May i know why this is called cursor Tab and not auto-suggestion/completion?
I bet it would be more understandable from the average developer.
Have a nice weekend.
The feature was originally called Copilot++ to highlight its intended purpose.
It was later renamed to Cursor Tab, as this name better reflects how the feature works: it’s triggered via the Tab key and integrated directly into the Cursor editor.
While terms like auto-complete or auto-suggestion may be more familiar to many developers, the current name emphasizes its specific implementation within Cursor.
Hi Cursor team,
I’d like to highlight a UX naming issue that caused confusion for me and likely others.
The label “
Cursor Tab
” is unclear and ambiguous.
When I see “Cursor Tab” in the command palette or settings, it’s not obvious what it refers to. Here’s why:
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“Cursor” is the name of the application, so it’s not helpful as a feature label on its own — everything is part of “Cursor.”
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“Tab” is an overloaded term in development tools — it could mean:
- A keyboard key,
- A UI tab (like a file or editor pane),
- A browser-style interface,
- A tab in the settings menu.
So “Cursor Tab” could mean almost anything — a special editor tab, a new UI panel, a keyboard shortcut handler… It’s not at all clear that it refers to AI suggestions triggered or accepted via the Tab key.
Suggested Fixes
To improve clarity and discoverability, I recommend:
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Renaming the feature from “Cursor Tab” to something more descriptive, like:
- “Cursor AI Suggestions”
- “Cursor Inline Completions”
- “AI Autocomplete (Tab)”
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Or adding a short description or tooltip next to the label, e.g.:
“Enables Cursor’s AI inline suggestions, accepted with the Tab key.”
Better yet, add a status bar toggle similar to Copilot’s, so users can quickly see what’s enabled and disable it without digging through menus or command palette items.
