editor tool tips.
lazarus / 9-Editor

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taazz · 2017-05-31 23:36

After the move to C# in my day job, I spend more and more time on
visual studio this days. When I get back, to code with lazarus, I was
really irritated, long story short, the major pain in my existence is
the code tool tips. Visual studio show them under the line that I'm
editing while lazarus shows them over that line, since most of the
times I'm following a top down development ee the code I'm working
with is on the top of the line I'm working with, the tool tips hides
the code I'm interested in, so instead of being helpfull it becomes a
constant obstruction.

Is it possible to change the placement and if not what do I need to do
to change that in lazarus 1.4.4?

Thank you for any hints.

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Ondrej Pokorny · 2017-06-01 07:44

You cannot do it. It is easy to change the position, thought.

IMO it's above the current line in order both the tooltip and code
insight window can be shown simultaneously.

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Ñuño_Martínez · 2017-06-01 07:51

Actually it is possible... if you change Lazarus (or SynEdit) sources
and compile it.

I think an option to select how tooltips and auto-complete hints are
rendered are a great addition. May be you can suggest a change to the
development team, or made the change by yourself and send a patch for
evaluation. I suggest you to do the suggestion because I never used VS
so I have no idea how it would look as.

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taazz · 2017-06-01 13:13

Quote from: Ondrej Pokorny on June 01, 2017, 09:44:24 amYou cannot do
it. It is easy to change the position, thought.
thank you for the confirmation. It is good to know I did not miss
anything.
Quote from: Ondrej Pokorny on June 01, 2017, 09:44:24 amIMO it's above
the current line in order both the tooltip and code insight window can
be shown simultaneously.
I guess it depends on how often the tool tip is visible with the
insight window. If for example 90% of the time the tool tip is visible
the insight window is also open then that is valid choice if on the
other hand its 10% then not so much, in my case I have begun to sync
pressing esc with the time it takes to show the window which is a
problem.

Quote from: Ñuño_Martínez on June 01, 2017, 09:51:43 amActually it is
possible... if you change Lazarus (or SynEdit) sources and compile it.
Any hints where to start looking?
Quote from: Ñuño_Martínez on June 01, 2017, 09:51:43 amI think an
option to select how tooltips and auto-complete hints are rendered are
a great addition. May be you can suggest a change to the development
team, or made the change by yourself and send a patch for evaluation.
I suggest you to do the suggestion because I never used VS so I have
no idea how it would look as.
I agree but my little free time is already spend elsewhere at the
moment. I might add a feature request in the issue tracker but I can't
promise it, feel free to do so your self just inform us in case I
decide to spend some time to avoid duplications.

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Martin_fr · 2017-06-01 13:27

start in ide/SourceEditor.pp

Search for hint, but several hints go through there.

You can then use breakpoints to see where they are called from.

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Ondrej Pokorny · 2017-06-01 17:12

Quote from: taazz on June 01, 2017, 03:13:32 pmAny hints where to
start looking?
As usual: debug the IDE, place a breakpoint on TCustomForm.DoShow or
THintWindow.ActivateHint, execute the smart hint tooltip and you are
just there. Easy.

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taazz · 2017-06-01 21:59

thank you every one I have my starting point.

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Ñuño_Martínez · 2017-06-02 07:32

Quote from: taazz on June 01, 2017, 03:13:32 pm(...) May be you can
suggest a change to the development team (...) I did some searching
but I can't find where to do such suggestion.  I'll join to mailing
lists this afternoon.