Copilot code suggestions in your IDE

About code suggestions in Visual Studio Code

Copilot in Visual Studio Code provides two kinds of code suggestions:

• Code completion
  • Copilot offers coding suggestions as you type. 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.
• Vorschläge für nächste Bearbeitung (public preview)
  • Based on the edits you are making, Copilot will predict the location of the next edit you are likely to make and suggest a completion for it. Suggestions may span a single symbol, an entire line, or multiple lines, depending on the scope of the potential change. To enable Vorschläge für nächste Bearbeitung, see Konfigurieren von GitHub Copilot in deiner Umgebung.

GitHub Copilot bietet Vorschläge für zahlreiche Sprachen und eine vielzahl von Frameworks, funktioniert aber besonders gut für Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Ruby, Go, C# und C++. GitHub Copilot kann auch bei der Abfragegenerierung für Datenbanken helfen, Vorschläge für APIs und Frameworks generieren und bei der Entwicklung von Infrastruktur als Code helfen.

Changing the model used for code completion

You can switch the AI model that's used by Copilot code completion if:

• An alternative model is currently available
• You are using the latest releases of VS Code with the latest version of the GitHub Copilot extension

Changing the model only affects Copilot code completion. It does not affect Copilot next edit suggestions.

For details of how to switch the model for Copilot code completion, see Ändern des KI-Modells für die Copilot-Codevervollständigung.

Effects of switching the AI model

Changing the model that's used for Copilot code completion does not affect the model that's used by Copilot next edit suggestions or Copilot Chat. See Ändern des KI-Modells für Copilot Chat.

There are no changes to the data collection and usage policy if you change the AI model.

If you are on a Copilot Free plan, all completions count against your completions quota regardless of the model used. See Plans for GitHub Copilot.

The setting to enable or disable suggestions that match public code are applied irrespective of which model you choose. See Suchen von öffentlichem Code, der mit GitHub Copilot-Vorschlägen übereinstimmt.

Enabling the model switcher

If you have a Copilot Free or Copilot Pro plan, the model switcher for Copilot code completion is automatically enabled.

Wenn du einen Copilot Business-Plan verwendest, muss die Organisation mit dem Plan die Einstellung Editor preview features aktivieren. Weitere Informationen findest du unter Verwalten von Richtlinien für Copilot in Ihrer Organisation.