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jschroedl
Tomato Guru
USA
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 Posted - Jan 07 2026 : 3:53:22 PM
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I saw other topics related to Tab handling with Copilot and VA but my issue is different.
If I have VA enabled and running then press Alt+/ to trigger the Copilot chat popup, focus stays in the editor and text is diverted from Copilot into the source code. Clicking in the copilot popup doesn't fix it either.
If I disable VA, this stops happening and Copilot works as expected. No need to pay for Copilot, you can recreate this with the free Copilot support MS offers.
Here's a screenshot.
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jschroedl
Tomato Guru
USA
115 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2026 : 3:56:35 PM
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My version info:
Visual Studio 2026 November 2025 Feature Update version 18.0.2.
License: Non-renewable Personal (<elided>) Support ends (<elided>)
VA_X64.dll file version 10.9.2588.0 built 2025.11.12
DevEnv.exe version 18.0.11222.15 Enterprise
msenv.dll version 18.0.11222.15
Comctl32.dll version 6.10.26100.6899
Windows 11 11.0 24H2 Build 26100
32 processors (x86-64)
Language info: 1252, 0x409
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19297 Posts |
Posted - Jan 08 2026 : 07:50:00 AM
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Unfortunately this is currently a known bug, someone else reported this just before Christmas. So far it only effects VS2026, which is something, but no help if you have moved across:
case=166054
For me, using the window:
IDE View menu -> GitHub Copilot Chat
worked correctly, and didn't have this focus issue, with VA installed and active.
How are you disabling VA? Are you just using:
VAssistX -> Enable/Disable Visual Assist X
or are you doing something more? I ask, since for me simply disabling VA via the menu entry didn't fix the focus problem, so its possible an update to VS2026 has had an effect here. |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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jschroedl
Tomato Guru
USA
115 Posts |
Posted - Jan 08 2026 : 08:54:35 AM
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Thanks for the reply and I'm glad it's a known bug. Looking forward to an update...
I did use View > GitHub Copilot Chat. It's not the same thing, of course, but is at least usable.
Disabling VA via the Enable/Disable menu item is not sufficient. I had to go into the VS Extension Manager and use Disable VA there and restart the IDE so that VA was not loaded at all. |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19297 Posts |
Posted - Jan 08 2026 : 11:12:41 AM
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Thank you for confirming that. These are the same results that I am seeing, so its useful to know that we are running into the same details.
We think we have a fix internally, and it should be in the next build, so long as everything goes according to plan. |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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VA and Copilot are not cooperating
