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Can't seem to find how to turn on Github Copilot Edits in Visual Studio 2022


I'm:

And I don't have the buttons related to Copilot Edits. Neither can I paste images or attach files in the Copilot chat, nor can it search the web, despite the option to allow it to 'search the web with Bing' being on in the Copilot options on Github. It would seem my Copilot is stuck months in the past.

There is no option in the Visual Studio Installer to turn on extra Copilot features, as far as I can tell, there's just one box for Copilot, which I have checked. There's no option in the preview features to turn on Copilot Edits: Options screenshot

Would anyone happen to know why that is, i.e what causes Copilot Edits to not be available on my setup ? I have not seen any indication it's limited to Pro, banned in the EU, etc., and it's expected to be available in VS2022 since yesterday.

Thanks.


Solution

  • For Visual Studio 2022, it only released in PREVIEW https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/preview/ mode as quoted, since the latest Visual Studio GA release only up-to-date at v17.12.4

    GitHub Copilot Edits, a preview feature of GitHub Copilot Chat, is designed to help iterating across multiple files more efficient. This feature is available as a preview experience in Visual Studio 2022 version 17.13 Preview 2 and later. Release notes: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes-preview?tabs=allfeatures#features

    I would recommend you keep Visual Studio and Visual Studio Preview for 2 separate environments, the same with VS Code and VS Code Insider