Describe the feature or problem you'd like to solve
When executing a shell command directly by prefixing it with ! , pressing Tab does not behave like a normal terminal's tab-completion (completing file/directory paths, commands, or flags). Instead, it switches focus/navigation to the Issues view within the CLI. This breaks the expected muscle-memory of a shell prompt and makes it harder to quickly complete paths or commands while working in ! shell mode.
Proposed solution
When a command is prefixed with ! (direct shell execution), pressing Tab currently gets intercepted by Copilot CLI's own UI (switching focus/view to Issues) instead of being passed through to the underlying shell for standard completion (file paths, commands, flags — like a normal terminal). Since ! is meant to give a raw shell pass-through experience, Tab keystrokes while in that mode should be forwarded to the shell's native completion instead of being captured by the CLI's own keybindings.
Example prompts or workflows
- In the Copilot CLI, type !cd ../../projects/my- and press Tab — expected: shell completes the path to the matching directory, same as typing it directly in a terminal.
- Type !git chec and press Tab — expected: shell completes to git checkout (or cycles matches), not a switch to the Issues panel.
- Type !ls src/ and press Tab to cycle through files/folders in src/ — expected: standard filename completion, same as bash/zsh/PowerShell.
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Describe the feature or problem you'd like to solve
When executing a shell command directly by prefixing it with ! , pressing Tab does not behave like a normal terminal's tab-completion (completing file/directory paths, commands, or flags). Instead, it switches focus/navigation to the Issues view within the CLI. This breaks the expected muscle-memory of a shell prompt and makes it harder to quickly complete paths or commands while working in ! shell mode.
Proposed solution
When a command is prefixed with ! (direct shell execution), pressing Tab currently gets intercepted by Copilot CLI's own UI (switching focus/view to Issues) instead of being passed through to the underlying shell for standard completion (file paths, commands, flags — like a normal terminal). Since ! is meant to give a raw shell pass-through experience, Tab keystrokes while in that mode should be forwarded to the shell's native completion instead of being captured by the CLI's own keybindings.
Example prompts or workflows
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