[PLEASE] add a new key bingding for `Trigger suggestion` to deal with windows ime legacy-issue of history

[heartacker]

for windows that language is chinese(I'm not sure about other non-English languages windows os),
Whether it's Windows 7 or Windows 10, ctrl+space is bound by default as a shortcut to switch languages ime. This is a serious conflict with trigger suggestion.
All these years have passed.Users are used to switching languages using this shortcut.
In Chinese operating system, users using vscode will encounter shortcut problems.

• https://superuser.com/questions/363873/how-to-disable-ctrl-space-selecting-chinese-keyboard-on-windows-7

• https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+ctrl%2Bspace+ime

• https://www.google.com/search?q=windows10+ctrl%2Bspace+ime

Regarding the ctrl-space switch input method, cancellation is also supported until windows 10 (1903), but it is only able to turn off and it turn on by default.
This is a legacy-issue of history.

For this issue, you might say I can change the shortcut binding by myself. But I found that everyone around me found this problem when using vscode. Whether it's win7 or win 10. my work mates class mates, chats groups.
It's impossible ASKING everyone to rebind the shortcuts themselves.

I have compare all key default-bingding of windows,linux and macos,
Only ctrl+i is a shortcut that is not currently in use and is ideal for triggering suggestion.

Strongly request the addition of a new shortcut to solve this problem. of cause, ctrl+i is a good choice, but it is up to you and vscode team.
after that, user can use ctrl+space or ctrl+i to trigger.

please consider, thanks very much

[heartacker]

as same as, No Intellisense shows using Ctrl+ Space on Chinese OS with English Mode#issuecomment-516627110)
This question is very, very confusing for many users.
ctrl+i may solves this problem without changing the habits of existing vscode users. I symbolizes intelligence.

[heartacker]

@rebornix hi, peng lyn, is there any idea to deal with it. I believe you would have the same problem when you‘re using chinese-language edition. In fact, It is very easy to fix it if you and your team have decided. On behalf of Chinese users to say Thank you

[rebornix]

@heartacker thanks for your feedback!

I believe you would have the same problem when you‘re using chinese-language edition

I do. I hate it every time when I have to use Chinese IME. I love the idea of adding another default keybindings for it then everyone running into this problem can find one available keybinding to use when searching in the keybindings editor.

ctrl+I is a good candidate for Windows. We added a secondary keybindings alt+space for triggering suggestion but it's a system keyboard shortcut on Windows. I'll leave the decision to @jrieken .

[jrieken]

On macOS we support Alt+ESC to trigger completions for a very similar reason

[heartacker]

On macOS we support Alt+ESC to trigger completions for a very similar reason

hi @jrieken @rebornix thanks for your replies, and it seem that every platform have some issues for key binding. I believe that it is better having the same backup key-shot-cut like ctrl+i for all platform than adding different key-short-cut for each platform.

you can compare each short-cut-reference pdf, you will find that there is no short-cut that using ctrl+i. i think it is a better choice.

[jrieken]

We have picked Alt+ESC because that's actually used for xcode - so kind of a platform thing. Tho, also adding ctrl/cmd+i sounds like a viable option to me

[heartacker]

We have picked Alt+ESC because that's actually used for xcode - so kind of a platform thing. Tho, also adding ctrl/cmd+i sounds like a viable option to me

ok, thanks, and now, is time to figure it out. I tend to use the same shortcuts. Anyway, being able to add a new shortcut to all affected users was enough for me. so that it will do not make the "trigger suggestion" unavailable. But base on it, it is a better choice to solve the problem of each platforms, after all, VSCode is a cross-platform product