Code reference information

This section describes how to see definitions of symbols, display documentation references, and use the view parameter information feature.

Quick documentation

You can get quick information for any symbol or method signature by means of the Quick Documentation popup.

View quick documentation

You can view a short reference documentation for data sources, tables, functions, and other database objects. For example, if you select a table and press Ctrl+Q, you will see the first ten rows and the table definition.

To open the quick documentation view, click a database object and select View | Quick Documentation Ctrl+Q.

Automatically show quick documentation

In the Settings/Preferences dialog (Ctrl+Alt+S), go to Editor | General.
In the Other area, select the Show quick documentation on mouse move checkbox and specify the delay in milliseconds after which the popup should appear.

Productivity tips

Copy tooltip text to the clipboard: To copy tooltip text to the clipboard, hold Alt (on Linux, hold Ctrl+Alt) and click the tooltip.
View context information: If the current method or class declaration is not visible, you can view it in the tooltip by pressing Alt+Q.

Last modified: 11 November 2019