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Feature Request: Allow selecting Copilot Chat response language

Open usami-k opened this issue 8 months ago • 3 comments

Expected Behavior

  • In GitHub Copilot for Xcode settings, a “Response Language” option appears
  • Once “Japanese” (or any other language) is selected, all subsequent chat responses are in that language

Current Behavior

  • There is no language setting; Copilot Chat always responds in English
  • System language settings have no effect

Version Info

  • GitHub Copilot for Xcode: 0.34.116
  • Xcode: 16.3
  • macOS: 15.4.1

Motivation

I currently prepend every prompt with “Please answer in Japanese,” which is cumbersome. VS Code’s Copilot Chat already offers a Locale preference. Please add the same convenience to the Xcode extension.

usami-k avatar May 08 '25 05:05 usami-k

redem

jabari-max avatar May 10 '25 05:05 jabari-max

@usami-k thank you for reaching out. This feature request has been on our radar, stay tuned.

testforstephen avatar May 19 '25 05:05 testforstephen

Hi community,

Personally, it would be nice if added system prompt setting feature in Settings. It would be more flexible to manage output as per our individual usecase. Please consider to enhance this feature request for more compatibility for any situation.

TU-hayaoki avatar May 30 '25 04:05 TU-hayaoki

The latest Pre-release 0.35.120 supports two ways for custom prompt:

  • A new setting for custom response language
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  • Automactially pick up custom instruction from .github/copilot-instructions.md of your current workspace

testforstephen avatar Jun 03 '25 07:06 testforstephen

Thank you for addressing this request. I’ve been using version 0.36 for a while, and I can confirm that Copilot Chat now responds in the specified language as expected. I really appreciate your work on this. I’ll close this issue.

usami-k avatar Jun 18 '25 14:06 usami-k