Option to Show Hex Values of Variables & Enums on Hover (IntelliSense)

[MBetters]

Type: LanguageService

Describe the bug

• OS and Version: Win10
• VS Code Version: 1.55.0
• C/C++ Extension Version: 1.3.0-insiders3
• Other extensions you installed (and if the issue persists after disabling them): N/A
• Does this issue involve using SSH remote to run the extension on a remote machine?: No
• A clear and concise description of what the bug is, including information about the workspace (i.e. is the workspace a single project or multiple projects, size of the project, etc). Not a bug. It's a feature.

Steps to reproduce

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Expected behavior

Add a workspace/settings option to be able to show the hex values of variables upon hovering over them, using IntelliSense. Likewise have an option for when hovering over enum values. This is especially useful when dealing with enum values that intentionally enumerate over specific hex ranges for things like different protocols' message/arbitration IDs, etc.

Sometimes when I hover over hex enum values, the hex value will flicker in the tooltip before being replaced by a decimal value, so the extension is definitely capable of at least showing hex values "as declared", which is usually more useful behavior than showing their decimal equivalents anyway.

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Screenshots

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[phogy]

+1. I've also noted that it momentarily shows the hex value at first hover before quickly "resolving" it to decimal and no means to see the hex value again without resorting to navigating to its definition.

[trievis]

+1. Embedded system developer uses hexadecimal value a lot.

[r0oland]

+1

[leongross]

+1

[Divraj-Dev]

+1

[achillelrc]

+9

[achillelrc]

Hover Converter

[Stimmenhotel]

Hover Converter

Sadly not for hvoering variables and showing the value in different formats. At least not for me. Also: Hex Hover Converter Here it is mentioned "vscode turns the normal hovers off if in debug mode. To make them visible press the "ALT" key while hovering."

So +1 on this request

[vedvern]

+1

[Antecer]

+1 need!

[ronderwear]

I'm dealing with a bunch of hex consts. They are defined as hex but displayed in dec. Makes no sense. If some const is defined in hex, display the hint in hex. Seems obvious. Maybe VSC thinks it's doing me a favor? I thought hints should just show the code. Now it's doing some processing to show my the value in decimal. Let me turn that feature off please.

[n0stalgic]

+1 firmware engineer here having to implement a CAN interface and all of my protocol constants are in hex, yet VS code autoconverts them to decimal. this feature needs to be implemented

[kienvo]

+1 I'm implementing a usbdev and wondering if vscode has some way to display binary instead of dec. After a while googling ended up being here. It would be helpful if this feature is implemented.

[mrx23dot]

just use addon https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=mateuszchudyk.hexinspector

please close

[Antecer]

just use addon https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=mateuszchudyk.hexinspector

please close

What we want is to display it when hovering over the variable name, not the variable value.