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ALH
May 22, 2025Brass Contributor
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 i...
Copirate
Jul 14, 2025Copper Contributor
I completely agree—this should absolutely be an optional configuration. Unfortunately, like with many Microsoft products these days, configurability seems to be treated as a "nice-to-have" rather than a standard. Only after enough user complaints does it become something they reconsider offering as an option.
I'm considering using AutoHotkey to intercept and block the / key conditionally, based on the active window or app—for now, just as a workaround.
Has anyone here already written a script for this or found another reliable way to block the content menu from popping up in Copilot chat when pressing /?
Would love to hear if there’s a cleaner or more effective solution out there.