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Painful behavior of "slash" ("/") in chat prompts
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.
I was able to prevent the menu from showing up by blocking the element using uBlock Origin. However, this prevents the menu from showing up in general, even if the + button is pressed. I don't upload files so this solution works perfectly for me.
Not worth the effort. If you're going to those lengths, just use CGPT, instead. It's all OpenAI anyway, Microsoft has provided zero perceivable innovation to the AI industry here.
I completely understand your point. Personally, I use ChatGPT alongside Copilot, and also experiment with Grok and Gemini. However, for business purposes, our company policy mandates the exclusive use of Copilot Enterprise. That’s why I’m currently exploring workarounds until Microsoft provides an update or resolution on this annoying issue.
