Type Hinting in IntelliJ IDEA

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In this section:

Toggling parameter hints for Java

The parameter hints are added to increase the readability of the Java code.

To show parameter hints, do one of the following

In the Settings/Preferences dialog, open the page Appearance under the Editor | General node, and select the check box Show parameter hints.
Press ⇧⌘A⇧⌘A⌘3^ ⇧ A^ ⇧ A, type Hint, select the command Toggle parameter name hints, and press ⏎⏎⏎EnterEnter.

The parameter hints are shown for SQL and Groovy also.

The result shows in the editor:

../../Shared/rm_parameter_hints.png

To disable showing parameter hints, do one of the following

In the Settings/Preferences dialog, open the page Appearance under the Editor | General node, and clear the check box Show parameter hints.
Right-click a parameter hint in the editor and choose Disable Parameter Name Hints on the context menu:
Press ⇧⌘A⇧⌘A⌘3^ ⇧ A^ ⇧ A, type Hint, select the command Toggle parameter name hints or Do not show hints for the current method, and press ⏎⏎⏎EnterEnter.

The Blacklist of the methods for which the parameter hints are not shown, is configured in the Appearance page of the Settings/Preferences dialog.

To configure the Blacklist

In the Appearance page of the Settings/Preferences dialog, click the button Configure:
From the drop-down list on top, choose Java
Add the desired methods to the Blacklist.

To add an individual method to the Blacklist, do one of the following

Right-click the desired parameter hint in the editor, and on the context menu choose Add method <name> to Blacklist:
Press ⌥⏎⌥⏎⌘1⌥ Enter⌥ Enter, and choose Do not show hints for the current method:

The method in question appears in the Blacklist, in the correct format:

../../Shared/rm_parameter_hints_blacklist_2.png

To delete entries from the Blacklist