What
The command input's autocomplete now supports a new "mid-command" suggestion type. Previously, autocomplete suggestions only appeared when you were at the very start of typing a command; now they can also appear and be completed partway through a command line you've already started typing.
Pressing Tab now checks for a mid-command completion first, before falling back to its other existing behavior.
Why
This lets you get autocomplete help while editing or extending a command you've already begun, instead of only when starting fresh.
Names in the bundleTab
The entry above is what we published on the day. These lines were added later, as Anthropic's own pages caught up, and they sit beside the original rather than replacing it.
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A small documentation edit on Customize keyboard shortcuts touched a line naming Tab after this was published.
`Chat` bindings on keys the `Footer` context doesn't bind, such as `Shift+Tab` for `chat:cycleMode`, keep working while an item is selected.keybindings see the edit
Confirmed since
Anthropic's documentation has since written up Tab, on Use Claude Code in VS Code.
* **Group a session from its tab**: run **Claude Code: Add Session Tab to Group** from the Command Palette, then pick or create a group. Requires Claude Code v2.1.257 or later.vs-code see the edit
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Anthropic's documentation has since written up Tab, on Use Claude Code in VS Code.