How do you disable content assist in Eclipse?
I do not mind allowing it to come up when I press ctrl & space, but I do not like how it automatically comes up as I am typing. It just messes me up. For instance it, I would end up scrolling through the options when I just want to go up a line. It is getting tedious having to press escape whenever it decides to pop up.
I have found the page in the preferences for it, but I cannot seem to find out how to disable the auto-pop-up.
EDIT: I am using the application for android development. I have already disabled "auto-activation" for both Java and XML, but it does not seem to have an effect. The window will still pop up automatically.
EDIT2: I tried restarting the program after making the changes, but it still had no effect. I made sure that the option changes were still in effect, and they were still in effect.
This Eclipse3.6 Help page on Content assist can help (it is for C++, but the same idea applies for Java on the Java > Editor > Content Assist preference page.):
The idea is to disable what triggers the content assist.
Go to Window → Preferences.
In the filter text search bar, type "typing".
Go to Editor → Typing.
Uncheck all that you don't want.
Don't know if you did get it to disable but I was having the same trouble as you.
I did the following:
Window > Prefrences > Content Assist
Uncheck all and hit apply
Java > Editor > Content assist > Advanced
Uncheck all and hit apply.
Hope this works if you still haven't found an answer.
It's not readily obvious and there doesn't appear to be a global option to turn it off all over the place. This may sound obvious, but it's important to make sure to turn off Auto-Activation on all of the different structured editor types that you do not want it active on.
In Eclipse Mars.1 :-
go to Window then->preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Content Assist ->Advanced -> Restore Default ->Apply and then OK.
Go to Window -> Preferences -> PHP -> Editor -> Content Assist -> Auto Activation
Untick the box "Enable auto activation"
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This info window you see down here appears every time some CSS property or HTML attribute is written. The one on the top contains documentation about that element, and I dont want it to appear as it is very annoying when coding.
How can I make it not appearing? I've searched on Tools - Hints but cant fins this option.
Tools->Options->Code Completion tab
Remove checkbox from "Auto popup documentation window"
Netbeans 8.2
Tools -> Options -> Editor -> Code Completion -> Auto popup documentation window
Click on Tools--->Java Platforms.
Classes tab will be open by default,please switch it to Javadoc tab!
There will be a manual entry for javadoc like http:\\docs.oracle.com/java/api/...,kindly click on Remove button,close this window and then restart Netbeans IDE!!!
This effect will be done and you won't be seeing any popups!
If it doesn't help,please leave a comment!
Suddenly any Java file I open in Eclipse is being opened in fully-folded mode.
I don't recall changing any settings but presumably I must have hit some special hot key or accidentally clicked someplace to ask for this behavior.
Any clues on how to turn it off? I've tried simply disabling folding but with no success.
Thanks.
Windows -> Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Folding -> Initially folded elements. Uncheck "members" or hit the "Restore defaults" button.
If you have a similar problem again, try entering a term in the preferences dialog filter box on the upper left. If you enter "folding", you come quite close to the solution already.
Is there anyway to make Eclipse activate autocomplete after I type 2 characters without a space, sort of like Flash Develop?
Also is there a way to turn off variable name suggestions?
Thanks
What type of code are you autocompleting? If you go to Window -> Preferences in Eclipse and filter by Content Assist, you can get to the preferences that you can change for your autocompletion. The options available depend on which Eclipse editor you're using though. Also, hitting Ctrl + Space at any time should activate autocompletion.
I am using Eclipse to program Android apps and I love how the little helper box thing comes up when you start to type and suggests things to you.
However, this only happens sporadically and I was wondering if there was a way to keep it visible for longer or, even better, a key combo I could press to bring it up. If I start to type something, it either helps me by suggesting things or doesn't appear.
Try Ctrl+Space. The feature is known as "content assist," "code completion," "auto-complete." In the Visual Studio world, I think it's called "Intellisense."
If you want the suggestions to appear immediately (I prefer this) you can change the delay by going to Window → Preferences → Java → Editor → Content Assist and change the Auto activation delay to 0. In my version of Eclipse (Helios for Java EE), that field is third from the bottom.
An easier way of finding this preference screen is to use the search box in the upper-left-hand corner of the prefs (as before, Window → Preferences), and typing completion. From there you can see all of the different content assist preferences that Eclipse offers. Mine has Java, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, JSP, and XML - most of those because I'm using a fancier version of Eclipse.
By default, when writing Java code, the . (period) key triggers auto-activation of content assist. You can change this setting in the same screen as the auto-activation delay.
I think its Control+Space for Code completion. Try that
Also go easy with the code completion popup delay. Dont set it to 0, i remember a strange behaviour in Eclipse where there was no popup at all.
Ctrl+Space is the shortcut for Content Assist.
Ctrl+1 is the shortcut for Quick Fix.
Ctrl+2 is the shortcut for a menu of Quick Assists. (Ctrl+2, F is the shortcut for Quick Assist - Assign to var/field, and in place of F you can also type L or R for other options.)
To see and/or modify available shortcuts you can go to Window > Preferences > General > Keys.
I don't know if anyone has noticed that Eclipse has this annoying feature where it needs to show a useless tool-tip when hovering just about anything.
I was wondering if anyone knows of a way to completely kill all tool-tip behavior in Eclipse / Aptana?
Thanks
I found mine in Window > Preferences > Pydev > Editor > Hovers
It looks like it's a module-level feature (Java, Pydev, C++), not platform-level (Eclipse itself).
Window > Preferences > Java > Editors > Hovers
Disable Combined Hover.
I agree, hints can be really annoying, but there are times when they can be a really useful quick reference - like finding var values during debugging, or required parameter types for a method etc.
So instead of disabling them altogether, or continually enbaling/disabling through the Preferences, I go to Window > Preferences > Java > Editor > Hovers > Combined Hover, and add Alt to the Pressed key modifier while hovering field below.
This way if you want to quickly see hints just hold the Alt key down.
I was completely annoyed with Aptana's tip tool text over my code. I figured out how to disable it:
Window > Preferences > Aptana Studio > Content Assist > Show information on hover > Off
I'm using Aptana 3.
Another thing which really annoys me on Eclipse are the light bulbs in the left part which hide breakpoints, and which are really useless.
To suppress these, go to windows>preference>java>editor and then uncheck "Light bulb for quick assists".
If you dont have this on your eclipse version, try a help search with "light bulb".
This is the answer. Change the Windows regedit.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER ->Control Panel -> Mouse -> mouse -> MouseHoverTime
Change its value to be 400 (4 seconds delay)
http://untamedmind.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/changing-the-mousehovertime-add-delay-on-the-tooltips-pop-up/
Look for TweakUI settings, under Mouse > Hover. Minimize the sensitivity and increase the time and you will, in most cases, be fine.
Note that this is under windows. In any case, search for "hover" and you should be able to find the correct location. Good luck!