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User forums => Using Code::Blocks => Topic started by: fdewit on May 13, 2016, 03:55:43 pm

Title: variable information on mouse over
Post by: fdewit on May 13, 2016, 03:55:43 pm

Hi all,

I've been using CB on windows and really liked it that the program gave variable details when the mouse was on a variable (what type of variable, dimension, description, where it is defined).
Now I've switched to Linux (Ubuntu) with CB version 16.01, this function does not work. Unfortunately I can't find where to switch on this functionality. Can someone help me with this?

Floris

Title: Re: variable information on mouse over
Post by: raynebc on May 13, 2016, 08:03:50 pm

I'm running 16.01 in Ubuntu, and the feature was on by default for me.  You can double check by going into Settings>Editor>General Settings category>Editor Settings tab>Code completion section and ensure the tooltips drop down list is set to the "enable" option.  What I find more often though is that this feature just occasionally breaks.  If you've verified the feature is already enabled, use Project>Reparse Current Project.  Even after doing this, I sometimes find that the parser still cannot identify variables sometimes and have to relaunch CodeBlocks.