Zed style subtle mode

[fablau]

I’d really like something like what Zed is offering about code suggestions. The current way Cursor is working is very annoying and distracting. Sometimes, I need to think about what to write, and the continuing suggestion of code too often stops my thinking, mostly when the entire code is shifted up or down!

I tried Zed, and I really like its “subtle mode” which allows to hold a key (e.g. OPTION on Mac) to show the suggestion and then press tab to accept it. This way, I can decide when I want to view a suggestion in the editor. I am seriously thinking of leaving Cursor just because of this feature (!!!)

In any case, to have at least an option to make suggestions less intrusive and avoid code shifting would be great!

Thank you!

[deanrie]

Hey, thanks for the feature request. We’ll consider it.

[fablau]

I really hope so! Many other people are annoyed by the continuing prompting with no way to stop or delay it:

Suggestions delay

My ESC key is getting worn from cancelling premature autocompletes. Being able to tune tune this in settings would be a welcome improvement.

[danperks]

I do like this idea, and we have passed it to the team!

[fablau]

Awesome!!!

[Andries]

Please guys do this !
Hold option to see code suggestions, not popping up when not wanted.

Hold option key to see code suggestion, press TAB while holding option key to ACCEPT the suggestion.

Release option key without pressing TAB to hide the suggestion again.

Normal TAB left unmolested. (One can rebind it, but this behaviour suggested is much more intuitive I think)

This can all be configurable between
→ Auto suggest code completions and accept with TAB
→ Only suggest code completions while holding ALT/MAC-OPTION and accept by pressing TAB while still holding option.

[cxemnet]

+1 Really need it!

[tris]

+1 times a million. Make this happen please.

[fablau]

I still can’t understand why the Cursor team hasn’t added a simple option like that: either a preference delay of 0-5 seconds to have a suggestion, or a keyboard shortcut to show the suggestion when you want to, like Zed is doing.

Personally, I moved to Zed. I couldn’t bear Cursor’s eager suggestions anymore. Too distracting and annoying. Maybe if you vibe code, that works for you. But not for me. I need to “think” and be able to move the cursor to the next tab without engaging any suggestions that mess up my code and make me waste time. We are developers. Please give us more control, not less!

[condor]

Suggestions delay

Hi @fablau, Thank you for your suggestion! We receive hundreds of ‘simple’ feature requests daily. To keep Cursor maintainable for everyone, we focus on adding features that benefit the majority of users. Sometimes, features may also be removed if similar functionality is available through other options. I understand how a slower tab or delay could be useful. If enough users vote for it, we’ll definitely prioritize this feature. In the meantime, you can: Set a keyboard shortcut in Settings t…

[fablau]

Suggestions delay

Thank you for chiming in. I completely understand that priorities need to be set, but given the size of your development team on Cursor (and I guess it is not small), I imagine it might be possible to assign this to just one developer. From my perspective, adding such an option seems like it could be implemented relatively quickly—perhaps in 15–30 minutes—even without AI assistance. It’d make thousands of people happy, I am sure. Many friends of mine, developers too, just moved to Zed without e…

[Roei_Adler]

Add a new command that shows AI suggestions ONLY when triggered by a keyboard shortcut, rather than toggling them on/off.

Current Behavior:

• We currently have Enable/Disable/Toggle/Snooze commands for Cursor Tab
• All these options work as toggles or permanent state changes
• There’s no way to temporarily show suggestions without toggling the state

Requested Behavior:

• A new command “Show AI Suggestions” that:
  1. Shows suggestions immediately when triggered
  2. Only shows suggestions for that single instance
  3. Automatically hides suggestions after use
  4. Doesn’t change the overall enabled/disabled state of Cursor Tab

Example Workflow:

1. Cursor Tab remains disabled by default (no automatic suggestions)
2. User presses designated shortcut (e.g., Ctrl+Space)
3. AI suggestions appear immediately
4. After selection or releasing the shortcut, suggestions hide
5. Cursor Tab returns to disabled state

[condor]

hi @Roei_Adler you can already now use keyboard shortcuts to Toggle Cursor Tab.

Go to Settings > Keyboard Shortcuts > Search for Toggle Cursor Tab

[Roei_Adler]

i dont mean disable and enable cursor tab, just that when cursor tab is enable, ther will be a shortcut to show suggestion, cause sometimes i want it to show suggestion and it dosent, its kind of randon when it show and when it dont

[condor]

If it can show a suggestion it will. However thats also based on your project indexed code.
In case it doesn’t have a suggestion it will not show it.

If Cursor Tab is disabled no shortcut will allow it to show suggestions.