InlineEdit panel and Inline chat/edit buttons don't support in VS Code

[xielingdm]

Validations

• [ ] I believe this is a way to improve. I'll try to join the Continue Discord for questions
• [ ] I'm not able to find an open issue that requests the same enhancement

Problem

I see that JetBrains already supports inlineEdit panel and Inline chat/edit buttons as below When will VScode be supported these features

Solution

Hopefully vscode will support it soon

[Patrick-Erichsen]

Hi @xielingdm , unfortunately VS Code doesn't allow extensions to render an inline chat panel, which is why we currently use the "Quick Pick" for inline edit.

[dbsxdbsx]

I guess this is still not supported yet in vscode right? I suspect I just be misleading by the gif in doc: https://docs.continue.dev/edit/how-to-use-it, which I thought it is feasible in vscode(seems to be not vscode).

[pai4451]

I guess this is still not supported yet in vscode right? I suspect I just be misleading by the gif in doc: https://docs.continue.dev/edit/how-to-use-it, which I thought it is feasible in vscode(seems to be not vscode).

Also feels that the demo is misleading, I install the VS Code but Control + I does not lead to inline chat

[Patrick-Erichsen]

We don't support inline chat in VS Code since the underlying API is only available to GitHub Copilot.

Valid feedback on the docs though, we're making some updates there soon and will keep this in mind 👍

[manusoftar]

We don't support inline chat in VS Code since the underlying API is only available to GitHub Copilot.

Valid feedback on the docs though, we're making some updates there soon and will keep this in mind 👍

that is not true, Codeium is also doing inline editing from a long time so it is totally possible.

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[d-msft]

I've noticed that other AI code extensions like Cody and double.bot have implemented this feature, it would be great to see it added to Continue as I find the sidebar clunky to use. Looking forward to any updates on this!

[Patrick-Erichsen]

@d-msft - I believe Cody lets you enter your input using the "Quick Pick" feature in VS Code. We used to have that but migrated to using the sidebar since it has more capabilities.

[d-msft]

@Patrick-Erichsen Yes that's it! Do you know which version still used the "Quick Pick" interface before switching to the sidebar? My use case is simple enough that the sidebar isn’t needed.

Update: I found out myself that the last release that used the "Quick Pick" interface is v0.8.55-vscode and the last pre-release is v0.9.224-vscode.

[lephuongbg]

Have the situation regarding this changed since the Github Copilot Chat extension is now open source?

[Patrick-Erichsen]

Unfortunately no, the underlying APIs are still unavailable to third-party applications.