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Reputation: 5660

How to Focus Documentation Popup in IntelliJ via Keyboard

To view quick documentation of a type/parameter/etc. in IntelliJ code editor, I use the Ctrl + Q shortcut. It properly shows the quick documentation popup with the popup having focus so I can scroll it if needed. However, when in the Visualization window (select any table in the Data Sources window and press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + U or right-click | Diagrams | Show Visualization), the quick documentation popup doesn't get focused automatically. As a result, when showing the quick documentation popup for a table, I have to click the popup with mouse to focus it and scroll. Is there a way I can focus the quick documentation popup via keyboard? Or may be configure IntelliJ to auto-focus the quick documentation popup when I show it using Ctrl +Q? I hope this is not a bug.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1024

Answers (1)

Konstantin Bulenkov
Konstantin Bulenkov

Reputation: 334

It's a feature. Focus stays at the original component (Project View, NavBar menu, etc) to allow you to change selection and update the popup content. Look at the screencast I made to explain the feature. To work with a diagram I use Ctrl+Shift+Alt+U shortcut to open diagram in a dedicated editor tab.

Upvotes: 2

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