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Tooltip Customizer

Tooltip Customizer

Tooltip-customizer

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A VScode extension tooltip/hinter/snippets/hover-over that can be customized on the fly.
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Tooltip-customizer

Version 0.0.3

A VS Code extension tooltip/hinter/hover-over that can be customized on the fly. Easy way to leave a custom note on every time you hover over a word. Todo: Side menu history (with edits), leave a note on context menu (intellisence), and local and global hover notes

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Added new feature:

Previously:

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What it does

  • Adds a hover provider for symbols/words in files.
  • Shows a custom note/definition for the hovered symbol when available.
  • Lets you add or edit the note directly from the hover link (Add/Edit note).
  • Stores notes in workspace state, so they persist in that workspace.

Usage

  1. Hover any symbol/word in an editor.
  2. Click Add/Edit note in the hover tooltip.
  3. Enter a definition, note, or classification text.
  4. Hover the same symbol again to see your custom note.

You can also run the command palette action:

  • Tooltip Customizer: Add/Edit Hover Note

Todo's:

  1. Side menu history (with edits),
  2. Leave a note on context menu (intellisence),
  3. Add a timestamp to and see what folder it came from originally.

Development

npm install
npm run compile

Requirements

None

Extension Settings

  • Tooltipcustomizer.editHoverNote: "enable" or "disable"
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  • Keybind Ctrl+Alt+N
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Known Issues

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Release Notes

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v0.0.1

Initial release of extension

v0.0.2

Fixed issue #.

v0.0.3

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