Quick Documentation Lookup
Quick Documentation popup (Ctrl+Q) is a universal tool to help you get more information on a code element at the caret. Depending on the element you call Quick Documentation for, the popup can include:
Function signature details.
Code documentation (either regular or Doxygen comments).
Inferred types, which is especially valuable for modern C++ that might lack explicit types. For example:
Macro replacements to help you better understand and debug nested macros (like Boost.Test or Catch macros). In the popup, you will see the final macro replacement properly formatted, with highlighted strings and keywords:
To view Quick Documentation for a symbol at the caret
On the main menu, choose .
Press Ctrl+Q.
If the Show quick doc on mouse move checkbox in the editor settings is selected, just hover the mouse over the desired symbol.
To change the font size of Quick Documentation
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Click
and move the slider. -
Rotate the mouse wheel while keeping the Ctrl/⌘ key pressed. For this feature to work, you need to enable Change font size (Zoom) with Ctrl/⌘+Mouse Wheel in the General editor settings.