Can I keep the tooltip for a function on after I start typing?

[Alex Barrie]

If I have a function with multiple parameters I say function( and it brings up the tooltip of the parameters but as soon as I start typing the tooltip disappears and I forget what all the params are. Can i tell it to remain up until i close the )  and ideally highlight which param I am currently on?

thanks!

Alex

 

[David Verelst]

Hi,

On my system the tooltips stay live until you either close the brackets or go to a new line. Can you tell a bit more about your setup? Like which operating system do you use, versions (python, spyder, pyflakes, rope).

You also be able to view the documentation in the object inspector. If that is not active, you can find it here:

view > windows and toolbars > Object inspector

Regards,
David

Alex

 

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[Alex Barrie]

Sure, I am on mac osx 10.7.5 using python 2.7, with spyder 2.2.1. Here are some lines:

Python 2.7.3 64bits, Qt 4.8.2, PyQt4 (API v2) 4.9.4 on Darwin

Python code real-time analysis is powered by pyflakes 0.5.0 (© 2005 Divmod, Inc.) and other code introspection features (completion, go-to-definition, ...) are powered by rope 0.9.4

One thing I noticed. You say that the tip disappears when you close the bracket - when I open a bracket, the close one is automatically added. Could this act to cancel the tooltip? Right now the tooltip pops up when I open the (. THe ) is immediately added and the tooltip is there. If I type a single character it disappears. 

THanks!

[Carlos Córdoba]

There is no way to do it at the moment. We plan to change this behavior
so that tooltips can live until a ")", as you mention.

Cheers,
Carlos

El 18/07/13 10:54, Alex Barrie escribió: