Reputation: 8988

How to trigger parameter hints in Visual Studio Code?

I want to show parameter hints when I position cursor within the parentheses of the calling method.

Note: I know similar answers already exist for Visual Studio on Reddit, but I couldn't find a quick answer for this question on Stack Overflow. So I've decided to add it.

Upvotes: 284

Answers (8)

Ramazan Burak Ekinci

Reputation: 51

command + i -> info parameters
commdan + . -> Quick Fix (write const etc.)
command + shift + space -> info parameters hints

Upvotes: 3

lava

Reputation: 7343

Method1

cntrl+shift+space

Method2

View -> Command Palette->parameter hints

Method3

hover mouse on the function.then it will show the hint.

If you feel gif is too small click on the gif it will expand.

Upvotes: 20

Ninroot

Reputation: 61

If like me you always forget, open the palette, the shortcut will be displayed:

Upvotes: 0

Dan

Reputation: 593

Code -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts
Search for "Trigger parameter hints"
1. Here you can either inspect the defined shortcut
2. Or you can change keybinding by pressing to the left of "Trigger parameter hints" command name.

Upvotes: 13

Matej

Reputation: 8988

For Windows and Linux:

Ctrl + Shift + Space

For MacOS:

Shift ⇧ + Cmd ⌘ + Space

Upvotes: 452

Akshay Kumar

Reputation: 479

Update v1.6 - Aug 2021

There's also a new feature called inlay hints which you can enable in your settings.json like this:

"javascript.inlayHints.parameterNames.enabled": "all",

Upvotes: 47

prograhammer

Reputation: 20590

For Java extension, ctrl+shift+space works only after setting Java > Signature Help: Enabled in your settings.json:

Upvotes: 13

Ali_Baghayeri

Reputation: 185

You can use Ctrl+Space to show parameter hints before parentheses, and if you want to trigger parameter hints in parentheses to know about arguments you can use Ctrl+Shift+Space

Upvotes: 11