Microsoft has quietly handed developers more control over how much assistance GitHub Copilot asserts in the editor, adding several practical toggles and workflow options in the August 2025 Visual Studio update so that suggestions appear on developers’ terms rather than at every keystroke...
agent mode
ai in ide
code editor
copilot
debounced completions
developer ergonomics
editor ux
github copilot
intellicode
keyboard shortcuts
mcp
model context protocol
next edit suggestions
on-demand completions
partialacceptance
version 17.14
visual studio
visual studio 2022
whole-line completions