Suggestion lists appear without focus when Visual Assist believes you are adding a new variable or function. In such cases, suggestions are typically invalid.
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You can force suggestion lists to have focus in all circumstances by setting the following Binary Value in the registry:
HKCU\Software\Whole Tomato\Visual Assist X\<IDE spec>\ListboxSelectionStyle = 02
Set to 01 for the default behavior.