# How to enable tab-to-complete for inline auto-suggestions?

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-enable-tab-to-complete-for-inline-auto-suggestions/2974>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [February 19, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-enable-tab-to-complete-for-inline-auto-suggestions/2974 "2024-02-19T17:21:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![biggamejames1010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@biggamejames1010](https://forum.cursor.com/u/biggamejames1010)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-enable-tab-to-complete-for-inline-auto-suggestions/2974/1 "2024-02-19T17:21:57Z")

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^^ Often I get auto-suggestions like this. I believe they are coming from Copilot++, but maybe they are coming from Copilot? Anyway, without being able to tab-to-complete to accept the suggestion, the editor becomes borderline not worth using compared to VS Code. How can I enable this? Tab does nothing. Enter does nothing. Right arrow does nothing. How to enable easy hotkey acceptance of auto-suggestions?

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**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-enable-tab-to-complete-for-inline-auto-suggestions/2974/2 "2024-02-19T17:33:47Z")

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This is Copilot++, and by default, it should work with the TAB key. Maybe something is intercepting this shortcut? Do you also have GitHub Copilot installed? Although I have both, and everything works for me, in any case, it’s worth checking the keyboard shortcuts settings.

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**Author:** ![teor2345](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/teor2345/32/67390_2.png) [@teor2345](https://forum.cursor.com/u/teor2345)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 2:50am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-enable-tab-to-complete-for-inline-auto-suggestions/2974/3 "2025-07-01T02:50:50Z")

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Try the “enable cursor tab” command.

More details here:

> **[How to Toggle Auto-Completion in Cursor Editor 🎉](https://dev.to/take0420/how-to-toggle-auto-completion-in-cursor-editor-12il)**
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> Background Around November 2024, the Cursor Editor was updated to include Auto-Completion....