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Ghost text

The faint continuation that appears when you pause: what it reads, how to accept a word or all of it, and how to turn it off.

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Pause mid-line and a faint continuation may appear ahead of the cursor. That is ghost text: a suggestion for what the line could say next, written in the voice of the character speaking and the scene around it.

Accepting itLink to this section

  • → accepts the whole suggestion.
  • ⌘→ accepts the next word only, so you can take a phrase and change the rest.
  • Keep typing and it goes away.

⇥ does not accept ghost text: in a screenplay editor Tab moves between elements, and that job comes first.

What it readsLink to this section

The scene you are in, up to the cursor, and the character who is speaking.

Turning it offLink to this section

Settings → Editor has a Ghost text switch. Turn it off and the editor is silent; turn it back on whenever you want. Each accepted suggestion counts one against the day's allowance — the figure for your plan is on Plans and quotas.

What next

  • Write your first scene

    Type a scene heading, move between screenplay elements with Tab, accept a ghost-text suggestion, and reach any command from the palette.

    How-to · 1 min read

  • Rewrite a selection with inline edit

    Select text, describe the change, read the alternatives, and accept one in place — the quickest AI edit in Plot.

    How-to · 1 min read

  • Change how Plot looks and behaves

    Open Settings from anywhere and set the theme and palette, the page's size and markers, motion and transparency, which emails you get, and your profile.

    How-to · 3 min read

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