Autoselect the first item of the list

[prsh11]

I am looking for a way to select the first item automatically on the autocompletion menu.

[gegoune]

:h cmp-config.preselect

[prsh11]

I am using nvchad.

 ["hrsh7th/nvim-cmp"] = {
    override_options = function ()
      local cmp = require "cmp"
      return {
        preselect = cmp.PreselectMode.Item
      }
    end
  }

Didn't change anything. The first item did not get selected

[gegoune]

I am using nvchad.

You can ask in their support channels, I am not familiar with it at all.

[prsh11]

logically speaking do we need to set preset to cmp.PreselectMode.Item

[fitrh]

AFAIK, it's default, try to setup a minimal config to see if your issue still exist, also, providing a minimal reproduction steps is a good habit

[prsh11]

This is config of nvchad @fitrh. Any changes I need to make?

local present, cmp = pcall(require, "cmp")

if not present then
  return
end

require("base46").load_highlight "cmp"

vim.opt.completeopt = "menuone,noselect"

local function border(hl_name)
  return {
    { "╭", hl_name },
    { "─", hl_name },
    { "╮", hl_name },
    { "│", hl_name },
    { "╯", hl_name },
    { "─", hl_name },
    { "╰", hl_name },
    { "│", hl_name },
  }
end

local cmp_window = require "cmp.utils.window"

cmp_window.info_ = cmp_window.info
cmp_window.info = function(self)
  local info = self:info_()
  info.scrollable = false
  return info
end

local options = {
  window = {
    completion = {
      border = border "CmpBorder",
      winhighlight = "Normal:CmpPmenu,CursorLine:PmenuSel,Search:None",
    },
    documentation = {
      border = border "CmpDocBorder",
    },
  },
  snippet = {
    expand = function(args)
      require("luasnip").lsp_expand(args.body)
    end,
  },
  formatting = {
    format = function(_, vim_item)
      local icons = require("nvchad_ui.icons").lspkind
      vim_item.kind = string.format("%s %s", icons[vim_item.kind], vim_item.kind)
      return vim_item
    end,
  },
  mapping = {
    ["<C-p>"] = cmp.mapping.select_prev_item(),
    ["<C-n>"] = cmp.mapping.select_next_item(),
    ["<C-d>"] = cmp.mapping.scroll_docs(-4),
    ["<C-f>"] = cmp.mapping.scroll_docs(4),
    ["<C-Space>"] = cmp.mapping.complete(),
    ["<C-e>"] = cmp.mapping.close(),
    ["<CR>"] = cmp.mapping.confirm {
      behavior = cmp.ConfirmBehavior.Replace,
      select = false,
    },
    ["<Tab>"] = cmp.mapping(function(fallback)
      if cmp.visible() then
        cmp.select_next_item()
      elseif require("luasnip").expand_or_jumpable() then
        vim.fn.feedkeys(vim.api.nvim_replace_termcodes("<Plug>luasnip-expand-or-jump", true, true, true), "")
      else
        fallback()
      end
    end, {
      "i",
      "s",
    }),
    ["<S-Tab>"] = cmp.mapping(function(fallback)
      if cmp.visible() then
        cmp.select_prev_item()
      elseif require("luasnip").jumpable(-1) then
        vim.fn.feedkeys(vim.api.nvim_replace_termcodes("<Plug>luasnip-jump-prev", true, true, true), "")
      else
        fallback()
      end
    end, {
      "i",
      "s",
    }),
  },
  sources = {
    { name = "luasnip" },
    { name = "nvim_lsp" },
    { name = "buffer" },
    { name = "nvim_lua" },
    { name = "path" },
  },
}

-- check for any override
options = require("core.utils").load_override(options, "hrsh7th/nvim-cmp")

cmp.setup(options)

[fitrh]

Set vim.opt.completeopt = "menu,menuone" or under cmp completion config

completion = {
    completeopt = "menu,menuone,preview"
},