Disable tooltip hint in Visual Studio Code - visual-studio-code

Question

How can I disable the default tooltip hint message in VSCode? It's annoying sometimes.

Answer 1

editor.hover.enabled: false in settings.json to Tooltip
Click on Edit in settings.json
There are two panes
Default User Settings
"editor.quickSuggestions": {
"other": false,
"comments": false,
"strings": false
}
User Settings
"editor.parameterHints.enabled": false,
"editor.suggest.snippetsPreventQuickSuggestions": false,
"html.suggest.html5": false,
"editor.snippetSuggestions": "none",
This also can be done UI.
Setting Snippet Suggestions : false
Update August 2018 (version 1.27)
Goto File=>Preference=>Settings
Text Editor => Suggestions
Click on Edit in settings.json
"editor.parameterHints.enabled": false,
"editor.suggest.snippetsPreventQuickSuggestions": false,
"html.suggest.html5": false,
Update your suggest options and save.
Before August 2018
Goto File=>Preference=>User Settings
You will find settings.json
// Configures if the built-in HTML language support suggests Angular tags and properties.
"html.suggest.angular1": false,
"html.suggest.ionic": false,
"html.suggest.html5": false,
Just find your language and set suggest = false
Update
Setting to turn off ALL popups
"editor.parameterHints": false

Answer 2

"editor.hover.enabled": false,
is your bulletproof solution. Then you can use CTLR + K, CTLR + I.

Answer 3

To hide those hints you can just add "editor.parameterHints": false to your settings.json. Found the answer in here.

Answer 4

I find using a larger value for Editor > Hover: Delay (search for "delay" in the settings search bar) does the trick for me. Its default is 300ms. This doesn't address the desire to actually eliminate the tooltips, but having them only appear after, say, 2 seconds, reduces the visual clutter quite a bit for me.

Answer 5

On version 1.27.2, I found that only this parameter disabled all the tooltips: "editor.hover.enabled": false.

Answer 6

I'm using Visual Studio Code v1.63.0 and in Settings I searched for "hover" and, among other things, found "Editor > Hover: Delay" and "Editor > Hover: Enabled". Unchecking the latter will disable the hover. However, I personally find them useful but they're displayed too quickly so I increased ""Editor > Hover: Delay" from "300" to "5000"

Answer 7

Simple way that no one here has mentioned: Code → Preferences → Settings. Search for "hover". Uncheck the checkbox where it says "Editor > Hover: Enabled".

Answer 8

Cntrl + shift + P -> Prefences: Open Settings (JSON)
"editor.parameterHints": false,
"editor.hover.enabled": false
i had to do both of these.

Answer 9

Here's the noob version, assuming you know little about VS Code (like me).
Windows.
VS Code version: 1.37.1
While in VS Code:
press F1 then type "settings" or "preferences" - then click "Preferences: Open User Settings"
- or -
from top menu: File>Preferences>Settings
- or -
hotkey: ctrl+,
in the settings pane, type "hover" (no need to press "enter")
the settings pane should display the hover settings immediately
Uncheck "Editor › Hover: Enabled"
hover disable
Rockstar Version: edit the JSON like a balla
F1 then type "Open Settings (JSON)"
-or-
navigate to settings JSON file and open in VS Code
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/settings#_settings-file-locations
Add this to JSON file (within curly braces, INCLUDE quotes): "editor.hover.enabled": false
Note: each line needs a comma after it. If you add to top, put a comma after this line. If you add to bottom, add a comma after the previous line.
Don't forget to save!
what JSON looks like
If you're new to coding, those tooltips can come in handy. You may want instead to just DELAY their appearance as Logan suggested.
click here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/53512394/8623576
or simply scroll up! :)
Note: I appreciate others have posted almost the EXACT same answer but, as I mentioned, this is the NOOB version that assumes the user has little/no experience with VS Code.

Answer 10

for Versions 1.31+ this one line did it for me:
"editor.parameterHints.enabled": false

Answer 11

Go to the settings gear wheel in the bottom left hand corner, then go to Settings and search "hover". Uncheck the "Controls whether the hover is shown" box.

Answer 12

Arrrg!!!
Hope this helps others. Running with v1.72.1. For the life of me was trying all the different settings, options, suggesting and couldn't get the tooltip help disabled... Coffee might have been my solution, finally noticed in the tooltip window there is an 'x' in the upper right corner for a close, clicking it. WOW! It worked and seems to have persisted my desire to dismiss them. I wanted them gone.... Perfect!!! Thinking about it, don't see a way to get them back if someone might actually want them back. VS Code is nice for a lot of stuff, but pretty bad for some of it's design and usability...

Answer 13

If you are not looking for disable and as mentioned by user: Darrell Brogdon above, if you want to delay the hover time of tooltip as solution then simply add the below line in user settings with your desired time value.
replace value 3000 as per your need.
Note: hover settings are moved in Online Services Settings in newer versions, hence you might not be able to find it with search 'hover' in user settings.
// modify in Preferences --> Settings or settings.json
"editor.hover.delay": 3000,