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Build Identifier: M20080911-1700 actual: You can't turn off the tool tips in the editor. if you move the mouse over the window, you can't see your code, because everywehere a tooltip pops open. target: option in preferences to turn off the tool tips. the tool tip will only pop open, if you press F2 on an element. Reproducible: Always
Please attach some screenshots. I think I know what you're referring to but I would rather be 100% sure.
Created attachment 176471 [details] screenshot of a tool tip Thank you for your quick reply. Sometimes, if I want to click into the text, it is impossible if I move the cursor too slow, because meanwhile a tool tip pops open and hides the place I want to click. So I would be glad, if I could disable the tool tips by preferences. Only F2 should show the tool tip.
This actually gets asked a lot on IRC though I'm not sure if it's possible to disable it or if that feature needs to be implemented.
In the last 10 years we did not get a single request for that. There are no plans to add this.
(In reply to comment #0) > Build Identifier: M20080911-1700 > > actual: You can't turn off the tool tips in the editor. if you move the mouse > over the window, you can't see your code, because everywehere a tooltip pops > open. > target: option in preferences to turn off the tool tips. the tool tip will only > pop open, if you press F2 on an element. Preferences > Java > Editor > Hovers => Assign a key modifier to 'Combined Hover'. Ctrl, Shift, Alt or a combination of these is a valid modifier. The tooltip will come only when you press the key and then hover over the text. Dani, maybe we could support other keys as well, e.g. F2 ? And to be honest, at times when I am typing a large amount of code, I too feel the need for a command to toggle tooltip enable state :)
(In reply to comment #5) Yeah, I think this bug accidentally landed in Platform/Text. Moving to JDT as WORKSFORME.
(In reply to comment #6) > (In reply to comment #5) > Yeah, I think this bug accidentally landed in Platform/Text. That was me as I figured it'd be up to Text to provide a global (preference) override for ITextHovers to not be processed when the mouse is idling unless explicitly requested (via a keybinding or whatever).
>Dani, maybe we could support other keys as well, e.g. F2 ? It's more natural to use modifier keys for that and it reduces the risk of clashing with a key binding for a command.
