VSCode Intellisense - How To Prevent Arrow Keys From Cycling Through Suggestions Until Tab Is Pressed

Question

In VSCode, the intellisense autocomplete suggestions occasionally pop up and prevent me from using the arrow keys to move my cursor up and down. Is there any way for me to disable the auto focusing of the suggestions until I push the tab key? (A.K.A: I want to be able to cycle through the autocomplete suggestions only after I push the tab key)

Answer 1

Under Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts, find and remove the keyboard shortcuts that associate the up and down arrow with showNextParameterHint and showPrevParameterHint (paste these in the search bar). You should no longer get your arrows hijacked by the suggestions and can then use the default alternative of ctrl+up or ctrl+down to navigate them. It won't toggle on Tab like you want, but it's a good workaround.