/ or @ keyboard shortcut for attachment is required

[leonidster]

It’s already a standard practice for agents to have a keyboard shortcut (either “/“ or “@“) to attach additional files for reference. It would be fantastic if Copilot could also incorporate this feature.

[silenceJialuo]

Hi @leonidster , could you share more details about this request? Are you asking for a keyboard shortcut (e.g., Cmd + /) to quickly attach files in Copilot Chat, similar to Copilot in VS Code experience?

[leonidster]

Precisely, I desire the capability to swiftly add files using a shortcut while simultaneously typing the prompts.

[matkatmusic]

Just wanted to add that some files in my project folder cannot be added.
I have a shell script that I'm asking copilot to modify and I can't attach it as context.
The script is at the root level of my project folder, which is several folders up from my .xcodeproj file.

What's odd is that copilot created the shell script for me, but the Context tool won't let me add the script as context to the chat for that script.

Here's the file hierarchy for context: