Hotkeys to toggle Inlay Hints (Parameter Names, Parameter Types and Return Types)

[sromeroi]

The three inlay hints options (Parameter Names, Parameter Types and Return Types) can be switched on and off in the extension settings. But I would like to have them off by default and only enable them when needed, without requiring to go to the Settings.

I would find very useful to have the possibility to define 3 events that can be assigned hotkeys to:

• Toggle Inlay Hint: Parameter Names
• Toggle Inlay Hint: Parameter Types and Return Types
• Toggle all Inlay Hints (Parameter Names, Parameter Types and Return Types).

This would allow to work with Hints either disabled or enabled and toggle them when required.

Thanks.

[bmewburn]

There's something similar already -- editor.inlayHints.enabled set to offUnlessPressed.

[sromeroi]

There's something similar already -- editor.inlayHints.enabled set to offUnlessPressed.

Yes, I saw that option while searching for a hotkey, but that's not a real toggle.

You have to keep CTRL+ALT pressed to show the hints, so it's ok to read some piece of code but not to work/move through the code.

Also, for my particular case, that hotkey takes the focus out of the VMware client that I use to work remotely and forces me to click again with the mouse to regain focus in the Guest OS. I don't see how to change that Hotkey it in the "Keyboard Shortcuts" option.

I just bought Intelephense license yesterday and found the Inlay hints to be really useful... but it crowds my screen a bit. Most of the times I already use variable names that match the function/method parameter names so I get kind of "duplicated info", so having a real toggle would be great to work with code in some situations, toggling the Hints when required.

Thanks a lot for your reply.

[SalvadorP]

+1 to this request, normally I don't disable it, but on some codes is almost a must, because renders the screen too crowded. It would be great to enable/disable with a keyboard shortcut.

[bmewburn]

Related vscode issue https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/149019

[sromeroi]

Related vscode issue microsoft/vscode#149019

So, the issue can also be handled on vscode's side.

Nevertheless, Intelephense could still provide more granularity providing a toggle (because vscode forces to keep the hotkey pressed) and giving one hotkey for "parameter names", one for "parameter/return types" and one for all three.

Thanks for the link, I'm also subscribing to the other issue.