Parameter hints and quick view are not working for any package apart from Base and Core

[ColinMoldenhauer]

Hi everyone,

I am new to VS Code, but after some googling it seems like many people encounter this problem. Usually, ctrl + q would trigger a quick view about the current function, and ctrl + p will show parameter hints. This also works fine for the Base and Core modules, but not for other inbuilds like Plots or DifferentialEquations.

This problem appears to affect a very fundamental feature of modern IDEs, so I am wondering whether there is some way to fix this issue?

[dpinol]

Yes, the "meat" should be already implemented because the hint already appears when opening the parameters bracket or typing a parameters comma. Selecting "Trigger parameter hints" from "Command palette" does not work either https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53731271/how-to-trigger-parameter-hints-in-visual-studio-code

[pfitzseb]

Not sure what's going on here, but you should be getting those hints if said packages are in your current environment:

There seems to be a specific issue with Plots.plot though where we don't even know about any methods defined for it.

[dpinol]

Not sure what's going on here, but you should be getting those hints if said packages are in your current environment:

You're right, it's working now on my project. Maybe if I hadn't correctly selected the environment before thanks!