VB.NET IntelliSense : Disable newline on ENTER autocomplete

Question

When editing C# code in Visual Studio 2010, the ENTER key makes IntelliSense complete the current suggestion, without adding a new line.

In VB.NET, the default IntelliSense behavior for the ENTER key is to add a new line after completing the current suggestion.

How can I configure IntelliSense to change the VB.NET behavior to the C# one?

I already know that I could press TAB or SPACE, but out of habit I always end up hitting ENTER (and changing line).

Get used to use TAB instead of ENTER – Vinicius Rocha Apr 14 '15 at 22:54 — Vinicius Rocha, Apr 14 '15 at 22:54

score 124 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 23 '21 at 17:27

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UPDATE VISUAL STUDIO 2017:

Now with Visual Studio 2017 you can change it. Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> Basic -> IntelliSense. In Enter key behavior select Never add new line on enter

ANSWER FOR VISUAL STUDIO 2015 AND PREVIOUS:

If you want to avoid inserting new line on enter with autocomplete suggestion, just don't press enter. Instead of Enter press Space bar which completes your autofill and just inserts a space.

Or you may use this third party app:

Resharper makes it possible overriding Visual Studio intellisense and using its own intellisense. It is the only way I've found. It has a 30 days free trial if you want to test it.

edited Apr 23 '21 at 17:27

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answered Aug 09 '16 at 13:41

Abdelilah El Aissaoui

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Probably the answer most are looking for but for me it only sort of works as wanted. It doesn't allow for Enter to act just like the Tab to complete inline (like I'm used to from other editors). It allows Enter to act as a completion selector only after down-arrowing into the list. Now adapting to Tab instead. – juanitogan Dec 21 '17 at 19:27
@juanitogan I don't work with visual studio anymore but I think that there was an option to fix your problem. I am afraid I can't remember which options is. – Abdelilah El Aissaoui May 11 '18 at 08:25
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Thanks, this has been a real annoyance, especially when moving between IDEs (Android Studio for example) – Benno Jul 17 '19 at 08:53

score 63 · Accepted Answer · edited May 28 '19 at 15:00

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Unfortunately the set of trigger keys for intellisense completion is not a configurable item for VB.Net. There is no way in the default Visual Studio environment to change this behavior.

It would be possible to develop a plugin of sorts to accomplish this. However that's a pretty extreme measure.

EDIT As of Visual Studio 2017, it is now possible to change this. See the answer below

edited May 28 '19 at 15:00

Riot Goes Woof

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boo! I know it isn't your fault, but it is really annoying to have vastly different IDE behaviour based on the current language. – A.R. Aug 26 '13 at 13:40
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Might be an extreme measure but it would be awesome. – RustyH Jun 24 '14 at 17:22
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this is very very annoing! – andrea Oct 17 '14 at 10:09
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Get used to use TAB instead of ENTER – Vinicius Rocha Apr 14 '15 at 22:54
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@Vinicius NEVER! – QuantumHive Jan 28 '16 at 11:27
This is very annoying to hear. I do wish they could let you change the key, especially given how every other IDE I've ever used has used enter for that functionality. What's also annoying is that enter can be arbitrarily used for some items in the menu, but not others, which is both strange and annoying. – JamEngulfer May 18 '16 at 23:30
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you can use ctrl+enter to get the desired effect, but that still doesn't really solve the problem – Rapitor May 19 '16 at 12:59
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If someone is interested, I've updated my answer talking about Visual Studio 2017 and this behavior. – Abdelilah El Aissaoui Mar 10 '17 at 09:04
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Please correct this answer for vs 2017 like Abdelilah El Aissaoui said, or remove it please. Thanks – dangalg Nov 01 '17 at 06:06

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