Investigate if auto code completion should be automatically suggested instead of pressing ctrl+space

[nickzhums]

As discussed in our August survey verbatim, opening an issue to track here

[github-actions]

Hi nickzhums, I'm an AI Support assistant here to help with your issue. While the team reviews your request, I wanted to provide some possible tips and documentation that might help you in the meantime.

Suggestions for automatically triggering Java code completions in VS Code:

• Enable quick suggestions in your user or workspace settings (Settings → Text Editor → Suggestions) by adding:

"editor.quickSuggestions": {
  "other": true,
  "comments": false,
  "strings": false
},
"editor.suggestOnTriggerCharacters": true

– This makes completions appear without pressing Ctrl+Space.
• You may also adjust Java-specific completion settings:
– java.completion.filteredTypes to control what’s shown
– java.completion.enabled to toggle the engine

Other references with low confidence

Related GitHub issue

• Code completion should take certain user scenarios into account (e.g. java.awt.* related classes) – tracks August survey feedback on Java imports suggestions
#745

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