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Terminology in Preferences not matching online docs, difficulty finding things in Settings #41158

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@mccreeker
  • VSCode Version: 1.19.1
  • OS Version: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Type a bunch of text inside an html file.
  2. Get annoyed when you hit Enter or Tab thinking you're going to a new line or adding an indent when instead the word you just typed changes to the auto-suggested word from the drop-down.
  3. Do a web search trying to figure out how to disable this or what it's even called.
  4. Find a VS Code page about IntelliSense using terminology and phrases describing features that aren't named the same way in Preferences, Settings, or Keymap - such as "quick info" for Ctrl+Space, which isn't in the Settings json and is called toggleSuggestionDetails in Preferences > Keymap.
  5. Get even more frustrated that you can't copy just the Ctrl+Space Command name in Keymap to try to find it in Settings, it instead copies the whole setting block.
  6. After chopping out all of that copied setting block to search Settings just for toggleSuggestionDetails, discover it's not even there anyways.
  7. Post a GitHub issue about UX-unfriendliness and time-burning difficulty of trying to figure out VS Code settings because there's just no user forum.

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

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