Is there a way to enable intellisense autocomplete in quotes without using key binding (Ctrl + Space) in Visual Studio Code - autocomplete

Question

I want to develop an extension for Visual Studio Code.
I'v registered a CompletionItemProvider for typescript, when I'm trying to write in quotes the auto completion does not work.
For example I have this code:
function buildProvider(language : vscode.DocumentSelector, label : string, text : string | vscode.CompletionItemLabel){
return vscode.languages.registerCompletionItemProvider('typescript', {
provideCompletionItems(document: vscode.TextDocument, position: vscode.Position, token: vscode.CancellationToken, context: vscode.CompletionContext) {
const simpleCompletion = new vscode.CompletionItem('', vscode.CompletionItemKind.Text);
simpleCompletion.label = label;
simpleCompletion.insertText = text.toString();
return [
simpleCompletion,
];
}
});
}
If I write in typescript the auto completion work:
Auto completion works
If I write in quotes it doesn't work without using Ctrl + Space.
Auto completion does not works
What can I do to enable the auto completion in quotes?

Answer 1

That behaviour, not working in strings, is probably a result of the setting:
editor.quickSuggestions.
Try setting it like this:
"editor.quickSuggestions": {
"other": true,
"comments": false,
"strings": true // this is the key setting, default is false3
}
That will fix it for you or anyone with the same "strings": true setting.
You can change a user's default settings in an extension like this in your `package.json - beware they may not like you changing their settings!!:
> #### Configuration Defaults Overrides
>
>
> You can now override defaults of other registered configurations
> through `configurationDefaults` contribution point in `package.json`.
> For example, the following snippet overrides the default behavior of
> `files.autoSave` setting to auto save files on focus change.
```jsonc
"contributes": {
"configurationDefaults": { // applies to all languages
"files.autoSave": "onFocusChange"
}
}
Note: Configurations with application or machine scopes cannot be
overridden.
From https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-docs/blob/vnext/release-notes/v1_63.md#configuration-defaults-overrides