Zsh-autosuggestions: autosuggestion not working for oh-my-zsh

[L4z3rus]

So I thought my autosuggestion was working, I had ran this command source .oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh and it was working fine, but right after I closed the terminal and opened up again the auto suggestion quit working. Any help?

[ericfreese]

You need to configure OMZ to load zsh-autosuggestions on every start-up. Add zsh-autosuggestions to the list of OMZ plugins as described in step 2 of the OMZ installation instructions: https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions/blob/master/INSTALL.md#oh-my-zsh

[L4z3rus]

Yea so I have that already in my .zshrc but still nothing and I restarted the terminal already.

[ericfreese]

Ok I'm not sure why that wouldn't be working then. Maybe there is a typo or something? You could always add the manual source line to your .zshrc.

[L4z3rus]

That seemed to work. Thanks

[ashrafhadden]

⚠️ Make sure iTerm's "Background" and "ANSI Normal Black" are set to two _distinctly_ different colors!

iTerm > Preferences > Profiles > Colors > ANSI Colors > Bright > Black
iTerm > Preferences > Profiles > Colors > Basic Colors > Background

@yuungH4x0r I had the same problem. Turns out I had the autosuggestion color (ANSI Bright Black) set exactly the same as my iTerm background so they blended together perfectly and I just couldn't see it 😅

[Warkst]

⚠️ Make sure iTerm's "Background" and "ANSI Normal Black" are set to two _distinctly_ different colors!

iTerm > Preferences > Profiles > Colors > ANSI Colors > Bright > Black
iTerm > Preferences > Profiles > Colors > Basic Colors > Background

@yuungH4x0r I had the same problem. Turns out I had the autosuggestion color (ANSI Bright Black) set exactly the same as my iTerm background so they blended together perfectly and I just couldn't see it 😅

Could this perhaps be added to the README somewhere, under troubleshooting?

[ericfreese]

Could this perhaps be added to the README somewhere, under troubleshooting?

Good idea! Please feel free to write something up and send a PR.

[huwllewellyn]

I was missing the repo. To fix I ran:
$ git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

[lawrenceagles]

running git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions solved this for me.

[keidarcy]

for me, messed up zsh-autosuggestions and zsh-completions.
I know it's stupid, but it cost me 5 minutes -_-
hope you don't ;)

[bayronq]

thanks.

[hongshaoyang]

### ⚠️ Make sure iTerm's "Background" and "ANSI Normal Black" are set to two _distinctly_ different colors!

To add on, under iTerm > Preferences > Profile > Colors, do not choose Solarized Dark as a Color Preset as "Background" and "ANSI Bright Black" are the same colour!

[dipam7]

I am trying to install zsh-autosuggestions. I followed the manual steps as well as homebrew steps. However, in both cases when I try to do source ~/.zshrc I get the following error:

-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_HIGHLIGHT_STYLE} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_ORIGINAL_WIDGET_PREFIX} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_STRATEGY} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_CLEAR_WIDGETS} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_ACCEPT_WIDGETS} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_EXECUTE_WIDGETS} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_PARTIAL_ACCEPT_WIDGETS} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_IGNORE_WIDGETS} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_COMPLETIONS_PTY_NAME} : bad substitution
-bash: /Users/dipamvasani/.zsh/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh: line 95: syntax error near unexpected token `('
-bash: /Users/dipamvasani/.zsh/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh: line 95: `      user:_zsh_autosuggest_(bound|orig)_*)'

Can someone tell me what's wrong?

[veksha]

for me the problem was simply wrong order of commands in .zshrc

this line:
plugins=(git z colored-man-pages zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions)

was AFTER this line:
source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

I just swapped them and after that all plugins were loaded correctly. (no need for manual sourcing of plugins)

[ericfreese]

@dipam7 it looks like you’re using bash. This is a plug-in for zsh so it won’t work in bash. Install and use zsh to use this plugin. It looks like there’s a good write up on installing zsh here https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/wiki/Installing-ZSH

[igortuag]

for me the problem was simply wrong order of commands in .zshrc

this line:
plugins=(git z colored-man-pages zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions)

was AFTER this line:
source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

I just swapped them and after that all plugins were loaded correctly. (no need for manual sourcing of plugins)

Thanks, it worked for me

[HabibulRahman]

for me the problem was simply wrong order of commands in .zshrc

this line:
plugins=(git z colored-man-pages zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions)

was AFTER this line:
source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

I just swapped them and after that all plugins were loaded correctly. (no need for manual sourcing of plugins)

Thanks, it worked for me as well

[ngtankhoa]

@veksha thank you so much! this works for me as well. I think this should be considered the accepted answer.