Parameter Info - further tweaks to improve

[gered]

Looking great so far, very helpful! But, I think with a few further tweaks it can be made even better. :)

• It would be nice if it automatically popped up as soon as the user presses space after the entire function/form name is typed out.

e.g. If I type:

(println 
        -^

Once my cursor is at the point indicated, then you could automatically pop up the relevant Parameter Info tooltip. This mirrors the way that IntelliJ handles parameter info in Java code (or at least it is for me, dunno if that's some setting I enabled and forgot about! either way, I like it)

• Could the parameter info tooltip also include the function/form name that the parameter info is for? This would be helpful moreso when you're going over existing code and place the cursor inside the middle of a bigger expression say and activate the parameter info tooltip where having that immediate visual feedback that you are looking at the parameter info you expect (and didn't maybe misclick on the wrong spot in your code) would be helpful. Again, this mirrors the way IntelliJ handles parameter info tooltips in Java code.

[cursive-ide]

Hmm, I don't get the automatic popup in Java code, that must be a configuration setting. I'll investigate.

Adding the form name should be straightforward, I'll do that. What is unfortunately basically impossible is highlighting the current parameter (like Java does) - Clojure's free-form parameter specs don't provide enough information.

[gered]

Ah, yeah I see now, it's a setting: Editor -> Code Completion -> "Autopopup in (ms)" which is near the bottom. Perhaps Cursive could just hook into that setting then?

[cursive-ide]

Ah, I see - I'll take a look at what's required to obey that.

[cursive-ide]

Ok, these are both fixed in the new build. It's a little difficult to detect in Clojure when someone might want the auto-popup, so currently it's displayed when: the user autocompletes the first symbol in a list; the user autocompletes the second symbol in a list and the first one looks like it might be a method call; the user presses space after the first symbol in a list; the user presses space after the second symbol in a list as above. Feedback very welcome on whether this makes sense after using it for a bit.

[gered]

Just wanted to provide a little bit of feedback here after using the auto-popup support for the last few days. It does feel pretty close to how it works in Java code. I haven't run into any issues yet where it didn't pop up when I expected it to, and it also does disappear appropriately when repeatedly pressing backspace to remove the first symbol, etc.

Overall I have no real complaints over how you implemented support for the option. It does have the same (occasional) tooltip positioning issues that you also see every now and then when working with Java code, so I think that's more of an IntelliJ issue and not so much a Cursive issue.

[cursive-ide]

Perfect, thanks for letting me know!