Visual Studio 2008/2010 Intellisense disable tab key

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Published on 2010-06-17T12:47:49Z Indexed on 2010/06/17 12:54 UTC
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So I've been having problems with my left wrist and working on code for extended period of times, and I've pretty much narrowed the cause down to Intellisense autocomplete and the tab key. Ok, to be fair, I can't blame Intellisense, but constantly reaching over to hit that key is causing problems. I've discovered Enter does the exact same thing in that context, but that's not the key I instinctively reach for. Is it possible to outright disable the function of the tab key in intellisense, so I'm forced to use Enter instead (which I hit without contorting my wrist oddly.) Thanks.

P.S. I do have Visual Assist, so if it's not possible in Visual Studio itself, can VAssistX help?

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