Allow parameter hints and completion documentation to appear in a docked panel instead of floating over the code

[DanTup]

Parameter hints and the documentation popup in code completion can be useful, but sometimes they completely obscure the code being typed:

It would be nice if these could be shown in an alternative location (such as a dockable panel that can be put in a sidebar or along the bottom) to avoid covering so much of the code.

I'm aware both can quickly be toggled with their respective shortcuts (and that I can control whether they open automatically), but those aren't perfect solutions - sometimes you're trying to compare the parameters you've written to the signature to understand what's wrong, and having to flick them on and off is less convenient than being able to see both on the screen at the same time.

[gjsjohnmurray]

See #51253 (comment)

[DanTup]

@gjsjohnmurray that's good to know, although it doesn't seem like that would be language-agnostic. It doesn't seem like an ideal solution for every language to implement the same thing here in the same way (or not, and then give users inconsistent experiences for the same functionality/data)?

[gjsjohnmurray]

@DanTup the extension README says "Language independent. Works in any language that supports hovers."

[DanTup]

Ah sorry, didn't see the extension - only the APIs. I wonder whether it'll be able to handle the documentation window noted above though - for hovers/param hints you could just turn them off and the extension can invoke those commands itself. But for the documentation popup on completions, the extension would need to know which completion item is selected, and I can't see any APIs that would allow this?

[vscodenpa]

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[oldmansutton]

Not having the code suggestions pop up over the code you're working on would be amazing. I wish that it was

A) More obvious how to upvote this
B) That feature requests and this whole process even existed. Never knew it did before today, despite using VSCode for years. I feel like this is a much desired request, but most people will never even knew it existed.

[gjsjohnmurray]

More obvious how to upvote this

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/Submitting-Bugs-and-Suggestions#before-submitting-an-issue which also links to https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/Issues-Triaging#up-voting-a-feature-request

[oldmansutton]

@gjsjohnmurray Which is great if you're in the habit of actually visiting GitHub for VSCode (I'm not), but would be better if there was something actually IN VSCode to point you here. Like a "Feature Request Voting" menu item somewhere or something.