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VS Code

1. Set up Gemini Code Assist Standard or Enterprise, if you haven't already.

2. Before testing Gemini Code Assist capabilities in your code file, make sure your file's coding language is supported. For more information on supported coding languages, see Supported coding languages.

3. If you prefer to use your IDE behind a proxy, see Network Connections in Visual Studio Code.

IntelliJ

1. Set up Gemini Code Assist Standard or Enterprise, if you haven't already.

2. Before testing Gemini Code Assist capabilities in your code file, make sure your file's coding language is supported. For more information on supported coding languages, see Supported coding languages.

3. If you prefer to use your IDE behind a proxy, see HTTP Proxy.

VS Code

1. In your code file, on a new line, press Control+I (for Windows and Linux) or Command+I (for macOS) to open the Gemini Code Assist Quick Pick menu.

2. In the menu, using the /generate command, enter /generate function to create a Cloud Storage bucket and then press Enter (for Windows and Linux) or Return (for macOS).

   [Gemini Code Assist generates code with the /generate command.]

   Gemini Code Assist generates the code based on your prompt in a diff view.

   [Gemini Code Assist opens a diff view to show generated code.]

3. Optional: To accept these changes, click Accept.

IntelliJ

1. In your code file, on a new line, press Alt+\ (for Windows and Linux) or Cmd+\ (for macOS) to open the Gemini Code Assist Quick Pick menu.

2. In the menu, using the /generate command, enter /generate function to create a Cloud Storage bucket and then press Enter (for Windows and Linux) or Return (for macOS).

   [Code transformation generate function in IntelliJ Gemini Code Assist]

   Gemini Code Assist generates the code based on your prompt in a diff view.

   [Code transformation diff view in IntelliJ Gemini Code Assist]

3. Optional: To accept these changes, click Accept Changes.

   You can use the following code transformation commands in your IDE:

   • /fix: Fix issues or errors in your code. Example: /fix potential NullPointerExceptions in my code.
   • /generate: Generate code. Example: /generate a function to get the current time.
   • /doc: Add documentation to your code. Example: /doc this function.
   • /simplify: Simplify your code. Example: /simplify if statement in this code.

VS Code

1. On a new line, enter the comment Function to create a Cloud Storage bucket, and then press Enter (for Windows and Linux) or Return (for macOS).

2. To generate code, press Control+Enter (for Windows and Linux) or Control+Return (for macOS).

   Next to your prompt text in your code file, Gemini Code Assist generates the code in the form of ghost text.

3. Optional: To accept the generated code, press Tab.

IntelliJ

1. In your code file, on a new line, enter the comment Function to create a Cloud Storage bucket.

2. To generate code, press Alt+G (for Windows and Linux) or Option+G (for macOS). Alternatively, you can right-click next to the comment and select Generate Code.

   Gemini Code Assist generates the code below your comment in the form of ghost text.

3. Optional: To accept the generated code, press Tab.

VS Code

1. In your code file, on a new line, start writing a function. For example, if you're in a Python file, write def.

   Gemini Code Assist suggests code in the form of ghost text.

2. To accept the code suggestion from Gemini Code Assist, press Tab. Otherwise, to ignore the suggestion, press Esc or continue writing your code.

IntelliJ

1. In your code file, on a new line, start writing a function. For example, if you're in a Python file, write def.

   Gemini Code Assist suggests code in the form of an inline suggestion.

2. To accept the code suggestion from Gemini Code Assist, press Tab. Otherwise, to ignore the suggestion, press Esc or continue writing your code.

3. Optional: If you prefer to use a different shortcut key to accept the inline suggestion, hold your pointer over the inline suggestion and click the Tab dropdown that appears. Then, select your preferred shortcut or click Custom to enter your own shortcut.

   [Gemini provides a dropdown menu to change your shortcut to accept an inline suggestion.]

VS Code

1. In your IDE, click Code (for macOS) or File (for Windows and Linux), and then navigate to Preferences > Settings.

2. On the User tab of the Settings dialog, navigate to Extensions > Gemini Code Assist.

3. Scroll until you find the Geminicodeassist > Inline Suggestions: Enable Auto list, and then select Off.

   This turns off the inline suggestions. You can still press Control+Enter (for Windows and Linux) or Control+Return (for macOS) to manually trigger inline suggestions.

IntelliJ

In the status bar of your IDE, click spark Gemini Code Assist: Active and select Enable AI Code Completion.

[Gemini Code Completion button in IntelliJ status bar.]

This disables the code completion setting, and Gemini Code Assist no longer makes inline suggestions until you enable the setting again.

VS Code

To begin using Next Edit Predictions, enable the setting:

1. Navigate to settings Manage > Settings.

2. In the User tab of the settings window, navigate to Extensions > Gemini Code Assist.

3. Scroll until you find Geminicodeassist > Inline Suggestions: Next Edit Predictions.

4. Select the checkbox to enable Next Edit Predictions in VS Code.

Now that you've enabled the setting, you can start using Next Edit Predictions in a code file by performing these steps:

1. In your code file, start writing code. Next Edit Predictions appear when you pause or stop typing.

   [User triggers the Next Edit Predictions in VS Code Gemini Code Assist.]

2. Press Tab to accept the provided Next Edit suggestion.

   [User enters the Next Edit Prediction in VS Code Gemini Code Assist.]

3. If you want to accept the next suggestion, press Tab again. A further suggestion may appear and the process can again be repeated. Otherwise, press Esc to dismiss, or continue typing to ignore the suggestion.

   When you press Tab to enter the suggestion, you can hold your pointer over the suggestion to see the other suggestions, if applicable. If there are multiple suggestions, you can click the left and right arrows to cycle through the other suggestions.

   [Available Next Edit Predictions in VS Code Gemini Code Assist.]

   Whenever you press Esc to dismiss the suggestion, Gemini Code Assist stops suggesting Next Edit Predictions for that specific code block. You continue to receive suggestions when you move to another section of your code.

   Note: Gemini Code Assist only provides Next Edit Predictions in the file that you're currently in. Gemini Code Assist doesn't provide Next Edit Predictions in other files.

IntelliJ

To begin using Next Edit Predictions, enable the setting:

1. Navigate to File > Settings > Tools > Gemini.

2. In the Completion section, select the Next Edit Predictions checkbox to enable the feature.

Now that you've enabled the setting, you can start using Next Edit Predictions in a code file by performing these steps:

1. In your code file, start writing code. Next Edit Predictions appear when you pause or stop typing.

   [User triggers the Next Edit Predictions in IntelliJ Gemini Code Assist.]

2. Press Tab to accept the provided Next Edit suggestion.

   [User enters the Next Edit Prediction in IntelliJ Gemini Code Assist.]

3. If you want to accept the next suggestion, press Tab again. A further suggestion may appear and the process can again be repeated. Otherwise, press Esc to dismiss, or continue typing to ignore the suggestion.

   Whenever you press Esc to dismiss the suggestion, Gemini Code Assist stops suggesting Next Edit Predictions for that specific code block. You continue to receive suggestions when you move to another section of your code.

   Note: Gemini Code Assist only provides Next Edit Predictions in the file that you're currently in. Gemini Code Assist doesn't provide Next Edit Predictions that would impact code in other files.

VS Code

1. In your code file, start writing code until the Alt+F or Opt+F hint appears.

2. To generate suggested code, press the keyboard shortcut provided by the hint, or right-click in the file and select Gemini Code Assist > Finish changes.

   You can dismiss the hint or cancel the code generation process by pressing Esc.

3. Once Gemini Code Assist finishes generating suggested code, you can click Accept, which applies the suggested code to your file, or you can click Decline, which leaves your original code unchanged.

IntelliJ

1. Check that there are portions of your focused file that have code in need of completion, such as pseudocode or #TODOs.

2. In the file window, right-click > Gemini > Finish changes. Alternatively, you can use the finish changes keyboard shortcut.

   Gemini Code Assist generates code suggestions to finish the incomplete portions of your code.

3. For each code suggestion, click check_small Accept or undo Reject.

   Alternatively, the option to Accept all or Reject all is available at the top of the file.

VS Code

1. In your code file, select a block of code.

2. Next to the selected code block, click lightbulb Show Code Actions.

   [Smart actions lightbulb icon appears after selecting a block of code in VS Code.]

3. Select an action such as Generate unit tests.

   Gemini Code Assist generates a response that's based on the action you selected.

IntelliJ

1. In your code file, select a line or block of code.

2. Right-click the selected code and select a smart action, like Generate unit tests.

   Selecting the smart action will automatically prompt Gemini Code Assist to generate a response to the prompt in the Gemini Code Assist tool window.

VS Code

1. In your code file, hold your pointer over the squiggly error line and select Quick Fix, and then select /fix.

   [Code transformation quick fix in the IDE.]

2. When the quick fix is applied, a diff view appears. To accept these changes, click Accept.

IntelliJ

1. In your code file, click the red error bulb icon, which indicates an error in your code, and select Fix with Gemini.

   [Code transformation option to fix with Gemini in the IDE.]

2. When the fix is applied, a diff view appears. To accept these changes, click Accept.

VS Code

1. In the activity bar of your IDE, click Manage > Settings.

2. In the User tab of the settings window, navigate to Extensions > Gemini Code Assist.

3. Scroll until you find Geminicodeassist > Recitation: Max Cited Length.

4. Set the value to 0.

Gemini Code Assist no longer suggests code to you that matches cited sources.

IntelliJ

1. In the status bar of your IDE, click spark Gemini Code Assist: Active and select then select Configure Gemini.

2. Expand the Advanced settings section, and then select Block selections that match external cited sources.

3. Click OK.

Gemini Code Assist no longer suggests code to you that matches cited sources.

VS Code

• Chat responses may be truncated when they include an updated version of a large open file

  To work around this issue, select a smaller section of code and include an additional directive in the chat prompt, such as only output the selected code.

• Vim: Cannot accept or dismiss code generation suggestions unless in insert mode

  When using the Vim plugin in normal mode, you can't accept or dismiss code suggestions.

  To work around this issue, press i to enter insert mode, and then press Tab to accept the suggestion.

• Vim: Inconsistent behavior when pressing Esc to dismiss suggestions

  When you press Esc, both the IDE and Gemini Code Assist suggestions are dismissed. This behavior is different from the non-Vim behavior where pressing Esc re-triggers Gemini Code Assist.

• Sign-in attempts keep timing out

  If your sign-in attempts keep timing out, try adding the cloudcode.beta.forceOobLogin setting to your settings.json file:

   "cloudcode.beta.forceOobLogin": true
  

• License recitation warnings don't persist across sessions

  If license recitation warnings don't persist across sessions, refer to the persistent logs:

  1. Click View > Output.

  2. Select Gemini Code Assist - Citations.

• Connectivity issues in the Gemini Code Assist output window

  If you see a connection error or other connectivity problems in the Gemini Code Assist output window, try the following:

  • Configure your firewall to allow access to oauth2.googleapis.com and cloudaicompanion.googleapis.com.

  • Configure your firewall to allow communication over HTTP/2, which gRPC uses.

  You can use the grpc-health-probe tool to test connectivity. A successful check results in the following output:

  $ grpc-health-probe -addr cloudaicompanion.googleapis.com:443 -tls error: this server does not implement the grpc health protocol (grpc.health.v1.Health): GRPC target method can't be resolved

  An unsuccessful check results in the following output:

  timeout: failed to connect service "cloudaicompanion.googleapis.com:443" within 1s

  To obtain more details, run the following before grpc-health-probe:

  export GRPC_GO_LOG_SEVERITY_LEVEL=info
  

IntelliJ

There are no known issues for Gemini Code Assist for IntelliJ and other supported JetBrains IDEs.