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Inlay hints

Inlay hints are special markers that appear in the editor and provide you with additional information about your code, like the names of the parameters that a called method expects. Other types of hints inform you about annotations, method parameters, usages, and so on (depending on the language).

Inlay hints example

Inlay hints appear in the editor and provide you with additional information about your code to make it easier to read and navigate.

Enable or disable inlay hints

  • Open the Settings dialog (Ctrl+Alt+S) , go to Editor | Inlay Hints, expand the groups of inlay hints, and clear the checkboxes next to the hints that you want to hide or show.

    Settings | Inlay Hints
  • In the editor, right-click a hint and select whether you want to disable the specific type of hints or all hints in this category.

    Disabling inlay hints in the editor

In inlay hints settings, you can configure what types of information you want to get in hints.

Change inlay hints appearance

  1. In the Settings dialog (Ctrl+Alt+S) , go to Editor | Color Scheme | Language Defaults, then select Inline hints.

  2. Select the inlay hint type and state, and configure the font color and effects as required.

Reconfigured appearance of parameter hints
Last modified: 26 March 2024