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Painful behavior of "slash" ("/") in chat prompts
I know about the /commands (/reset, /help, ...) in Copilot powered applications where hitting "/" triggers auto-completion suggestions.
Here we are talking about Copilot chat (Teams or Web app for instance)
Each time you hit the "/" key, it pops up a menu inviting you to upload files, preventing you from going on typing until you hit the <esc> key.
That's too disruptive. That would be ok if the upload menu what acting like a suggestion -- You may select with arrow keys if you wish, or just go on typing if you just need a "/" in your prompts.
Please consider disabling this "feature" or I at least enhancing it so the upload menu is not modal and gets dismissed when you go on typing.
Comments positive or negative are welcome, thumbs up too 😉
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This "feature" alone takes copilot from mediocre to trash. Get rid of it. Put a button or something else instead.
Please make this behavior with the "/" go away or allow you to keep typing if no menu item is selected and you type when the menu is brought up. I have had several longer explanations get blown away. Very frustrating.
PLEASE REMOVE THE SLASH MENU! Its terrible!
Yes, make it stop! Or at least do it the Microsoft way... "\".
Been using copilot for 10 minutes and this is insanely inconvenient, hopefully the / behaviors will be adjustable in settings in the near future.
Agree! This is infuriatingly annoying. I regularly use / while I type and every time I do this dialog pops up, takes focus and suddenly I'm typing there. Then I have to cancel that, go back to where I was...
This has to be remapped to something else, or at least optional/ configurable for a user. (and if I'd typed that in Copilot...)
I wonder what sort of autopilot is in control at MS these days. It's not a human who actually uses their products, that's for sure.
This is really intrusive feature. If it was shift + / then there would be OK. But I already accidently open the file browser because don't look at screen while typing. Fortunately no damage was done. The most annoying is that it cannot be disabled!
Totally agree — the current behavior is frustrating. The slash should act more like a suggestion, not a forced popup. It really breaks the flow when you're just trying to type something. A more subtle, non-intrusive menu would be much better.
