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JavaScript Hover - Instant Docs & Examples

JavaScript Hover - Instant Docs & Examples

KiidxAtlas

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Hover over JavaScript/TypeScript code for instant documentation, code examples, and MDN links. 200+ built-in methods, React/Vue/Node.js support. Zero config, works offline. Stop alt-tabbing to docs!
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⚡ JavaScript Hover

Instant Documentation. Zero Context Switching.

Stop alt-tabbing. Start shipping.

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🚀 Get Started in 10 Seconds

1. Install from VS Code Marketplace
2. Open any JavaScript/TypeScript file
3. Hover over any symbol

No configuration. No API keys. Just works.


📖 What You Get

Keywords & Syntax

Hover over async, await, class, const, let, yield—get instant explanations with syntax and examples.

Built-in Methods

Array.map(), String.split(), Object.keys(), Promise.all()—all 200+ methods documented.

Framework Support

Works automatically with React, Vue, Angular, Node.js, Express and more:

Frontend Backend Utilities
React Node.js Lodash
Vue Express jQuery
Angular Next.js TypeScript
Svelte — —

Using something else? If it's on DevDocs, JavaScript Hover can fetch it.


✨ Features

Feature Description
🎯 Smart Context Detection Knows if you're calling Array.filter() vs String.split()
📚 200+ Built-in Docs Complete JavaScript/TypeScript reference
⚡ Blazing Fast Cached documentation, works offline
🔗 MDN Links One-click access to official docs
💡 Practical Examples Copy-paste ready code snippets
🎨 Beautiful UI Clean, readable hover tooltips
🔧 Framework Detection Auto-detects React, Vue, Node.js, etc.
💾 Persistent Cache Documentation cached across sessions

🎯 The Problem This Solves

Every JavaScript developer faces this:

const items = data.filter(???)  // What's the callback signature again?
const result = arr.reduce(???)  // How does the accumulator work?

Your choices:

  • ❌ Stop coding, open browser, search MDN, lose focus
  • ❌ Try to remember from memory
  • ✅ Hover over filter() — documentation appears instantly
  • Logical: &&, ||, !, ?? (nullish coalescing)
  • Optional Chaining: ?.
  • Spread/Rest: ...
  • Arrow Function: =>
  • Assignment: =, +=, -=, *=, /=, ??=
  • Bitwise: &, |, ^, ~, <<, >>

Array Methods

  • Iteration: forEach, map, filter, reduce, find, findIndex
  • Testing: every, some, includes, indexOf
  • Transformation: slice, splice, concat, flat, flatMap
  • Sorting: sort, reverse, toSorted, toReversed
  • And 20+ more...

String Methods

  • split, join, slice, substring, substr
  • toLowerCase, toUpperCase, trim, trimStart, trimEnd
  • replace, replaceAll, match, matchAll, search
  • includes, startsWith, endsWith, indexOf
  • padStart, padEnd, repeat, at
  • And more...

Object Methods

  • Object.keys, Object.values, Object.entries
  • Object.assign, Object.freeze, Object.seal
  • Object.create, Object.defineProperty
  • Object.hasOwn, Object.is, Object.fromEntries
  • And more...

Promise & Async

  • Promise.all, Promise.race, Promise.allSettled, Promise.any
  • Promise.resolve, Promise.reject
  • .then, .catch, .finally
  • async, await

Console Methods

  • console.log, console.error, console.warn, console.info
  • console.table, console.group, console.groupEnd
  • console.time, console.timeEnd, console.timeLog
  • console.assert, console.count, console.trace

Built-in Functions & Objects

  • JSON.parse, JSON.stringify
  • parseInt, parseFloat, isNaN, isFinite
  • setTimeout, setInterval, clearTimeout, clearInterval
  • fetch, Request, Response
  • Map, Set, WeakMap, WeakSet
  • Symbol, Proxy, Reflect
  • And more...

DOM APIs

  • document.querySelector, document.querySelectorAll
  • document.getElementById, document.createElement
  • addEventListener, removeEventListener
  • classList, setAttribute, getAttribute
  • innerHTML, textContent, appendChild
  • And more...

Error Types

  • Error, TypeError, ReferenceError, SyntaxError
  • RangeError, URIError, EvalError
  • Custom error handling patterns

⚙️ Configuration

All settings are under jsHover.*:

Setting Default Description
enabled true Enable/disable the extension
showExamples true Show code examples in hover
showRelated true Show related methods/functions
useDynamicDocs true Fetch live docs from DevDocs
cacheDuration 86400 Cache duration in seconds (24h)
fontSize "medium" Font size: small, medium, large
showEmojis true Show category emoji icons
showBorders true Show section dividers
maxSnippetLines 15 Max lines in code examples
showSignatures true Show function signatures
showReturnTypes true Show return type info
showDeprecationWarnings true Show deprecation alerts
showQuickActions true Show doc/copy links
showKeyboardHints true Show keyboard tips
debounceDelay 150 Hover delay in ms
requestTimeout 10000 HTTP timeout in ms
openDocsInEditor false Open docs in Simple Browser
enableDebugLogging false Enable debug output
maxContentLength 800 Max chars before truncation

🎹 Commands

Access via Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P):

Command Description
JavaScript Hover: Clear Documentation Cache Clear all cached documentation
JavaScript Hover: Open Documentation in Browser Open MDN/DevDocs for last hovered symbol
JavaScript Hover: Copy Documentation URL Copy doc URL to clipboard
JavaScript Hover: Insert Example at Cursor Insert code example at cursor
JavaScript Hover: Increase Hover Font Size Make hover text larger
JavaScript Hover: Decrease Hover Font Size Make hover text smaller
JavaScript Hover: Show Cache Information View cache stats

🔧 Development

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/KiidxAtlas/js-hover.git
cd js-hover

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Compile
npm run compile

# Watch mode
npm run watch

# Lint
npm run lint

# Package extension
npm run vsce:package

Press F5 to launch the extension in debug mode.


📝 Release Notes

0.1.0

  • 🎉 Initial release
  • 200+ JavaScript/TypeScript constructs documented
  • Live DevDocs integration with caching
  • Rich hover formatting with examples
  • Status bar cache indicator
  • 7 command palette actions
  • Full configuration options

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

  1. Fork the repository
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
  5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

MIT © KiidxAtlas


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