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How can I trigger the hover info widget in VS Code using commands or a keyboard shortcut?


How to trigger a popup with documentation for identifier under the cursor?

Normally it appears when hovering the identifier using the mouse pointer: enter image description here

I would like to achieve this effect using a command or keyboard shortcut.

The only related commands I found are: trigger completion (which doesn't show the function doc) and trigger parameters hint (which only works when the cursor is inside function call - parameters list).


Solution

  • This is the editor.action.showHover command. It is bound to cmdk cmdi by default.

    Note: Shortcut works by holding down the cmd [ctrl in windows], then while holding press k then i

    You can change the keyboard shortcut with a keybinding such as:

    {
        "key": "cmd+k ctrl+space",
        "command": "editor.action.showHover",
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    }