Is it possible to disable just the function parameters tooltip, when typing in paramters to a method/function call? VA provide tooooo much info and tooltip is to cluttered. I have looked through the whole configuration dialog tree and found nothing relevant...
I found an option "Get Content from default Intellisense" which disables the tooltips generated with VA. It works for me. The baloon help states that it affects "parameter info and listboxes". I think it would be better to split this option into two: one for listboxes and one for parameter info tooltip.
The reason I like default parameter tooltips is that they are much smaller and do not contain the __in and other C preprocessor "garbage". It is simply easier to comprehend. I encountered Win32 API functions which produced 7 separate C tokens for a single parameter, that is just too much, and if the function has several arguments the tooltip is just unreadable. Also there were cases when the current parameter was not bolded.
And there is one minor bug with VA tooltips. If you disable VA from the menu while the VA parameter tooltip is shown, the tooltip does not go away on cursor moves outside of function parameters. It can only be dissmissed by clicking on it.
We are trying to use as few options as possible to keep the options dialog simple. I think "Get Content from default Intellisense" is a good idea and do not have major disadvantage for you.
disabling VA function parameters tooltip
Posted - Aug 22 2008 : 10:46:15 AM
