Disable auto-select the first item on suggestion

[tranmanhlt7a4]

How can I disable auto-select the first item on suggestion until I press a key like <tab>, <down>, ...?

[fitrh]

Set preselect to cmp.PreselectMode.None, see :h cmp-config.preselect

[Andrew15-5]

I, too, want to say that adding completion = { completeopt = "menu,menuone,noselect" } disables preselection, and it does so without preselect = cmp.PreselectMode.None. I'm configuring NvChad for the second time and tripping over this problem for the second time as well.

[Andrew15-5]

I have an update. I'm using ray-x/go.nvim for Go and mrcjkb/rustaceanvim for Rust and for some reason after providing the default capabilities and on_attach they still preselect some entry (although capabilities and on_attach shouldn't change this behavior). Turns out, adding preselect = cmp.PreselectMode.None, fixes the problem. But for all other (manually configured) LSP servers, the completion = { completeopt = "menu,menuone,noselect" }, is still enough. So the best thing to do is to just write both lines and don't have any problems down the road:

  preselect = cmp.PreselectMode.None,
  completion = { completeopt = "menu,menuone,noselect" },

[josh-nz]

@Andrew15-5 refer to the first entry in the nvim-cmp FAQ in the docs, "Why does cmp automatically select a particular item?" which explains why some of your LSPs were still preselecting a completion.

[rahatarmanahmed]

What FAQ is this referring to?

I'm having this issue and the config mentioned here doesn't work.

[rahatarmanahmed]

Ah, I found it. :h cmp-faq

[Old-Farmer]

Good Solution!

[ForsakenRei]

I don't know why but I cannot get it working. In my init.vim the cmp section is

lua <<EOF
  local cmp = require'cmp'

  cmp.setup({
    preselect = cmp.PreselectMode.None,
    completion = {
      completeopt = "menu,menuone,noneselect"
    },
    snippet = {
      expand = function(args)
        vim.fn["vsnip#anonymous"](args.body) -- For `vsnip` users.
      end,
    },
    window = {
      -- completion = cmp.config.window.bordered(),
      -- documentation = cmp.config.window.bordered(),
    },
    mapping = cmp.mapping.preset.insert({
      ['<C-b>'] = cmp.mapping.scroll_docs(-4),
      ['<C-f>'] = cmp.mapping.scroll_docs(4),
      ['<C-Space>'] = cmp.mapping.complete(),
      ['<C-e>'] = cmp.mapping.abort(),
      ['<CR>'] = cmp.mapping.confirm({select = false}),
    }),
    sources = cmp.config.sources({
      { name = 'nvim_lsp' },
      { name = 'vsnip' }, -- For vsnip users.
    }, {
      { name = 'buffer' },
    })
  })

  cmp.setup.filetype('gitcommit', {
    sources = cmp.config.sources({
      { name = 'git' }, 
    }, {
      { name = 'buffer' },
    })
  })

  cmp.setup.cmdline({ '/', '?' }, {
    mapping = cmp.mapping.preset.cmdline(),
    sources = {
      { name = 'buffer' }
    }
  })

  cmp.setup.cmdline(':', {
    mapping = cmp.mapping.preset.cmdline(),
    sources = cmp.config.sources({
      { name = 'path' }
    }, {
      { name = 'cmdline' }
    })
  })
--[[
  -- Set up lspconfig.
  local capabilities = require('cmp_nvim_lsp').default_capabilities()
  -- Replace <YOUR_LSP_SERVER> with each lsp server you've enabled.
  require('lspconfig')['pyright'].setup {
    capabilities = capabilities
  }
  require('lspconfig')['tsserver'].setup {
    capabilities = capabilities
  }
--]]
EOF

but I still get the 1st option auto selected?

NVIM v0.10.1
Build type: Release
LuaJIT 2.1.1713484068
Run "nvim -V1 -v" for more info
and latest cmp.

[ForsakenRei]

completeopt = "menu,menuone,noneselect"

is wrong.

It must be:

completeopt = "menu,menuone,noselect"

Ahh good catch, thanks! Though after chaging it still felt a little weird. For example, now I type Plu and the autocomplete will showup but none of them will be highlighted, which I think the noselect is taking effect. However if I hit enter the first option will get completed instead of a new line. Based on search I thought select = false will do the trick but actually not...Probably I should just replace CR with Tab for confirm?

[Shougo]

It seems your mapping behavior.

      ['<CR>'] = cmp.mapping.confirm({select = false}),

[ForsakenRei]

It seems your mapping behavior.

      ['<CR>'] = cmp.mapping.confirm({select = false}),

Yeah I tried to replace CR with Tab but it still behave the same...? Maybe some other plugin is acting up?

[Shougo]

Hm...

      ['<CR>'] = cmp.mapping.confirm { select = false },

It works for me. So I think your <CR> is mapped to another function.

[ForsakenRei]

Hm...

      ['<CR>'] = cmp.mapping.confirm { select = false },

It works for me. So I think your <CR> is mapped to another function.

That's my guess, thanks for all the help, I will inspect my full init.vim again carefully.

[cjnchk]

Use Supertab config in https://www.lazyvim.org/configuration/recipes, add blow:

[nickjj]

This didn't work as is, at least not in March 2025.

I uncovered a few things and ultimately ended up opening an issue for this with LazyVim LazyVim/LazyVim#5775.