Get mouse-over info without the mouse

[ZachClayburn]

Say my IDE has found an issue in the file I am editing and I get a squiggly under some line. If I hover my mouse over that, I get more info on what is wrong. Is there a way to get that information on the text currently under my cursor without having to grab the mouse?

[AlexPl292]

Hey, there is no a separate IdeaVim action for that, but you can create a mapping to IJ action:
map <c-x> <Action>(ShowErrorDescription).

[ShaneMurphy2]

This doesn't seem to work anymore?

[emochka2007]

Not working in CLion, but works in webstorm...

[JustBarnt]

@ShaneMurphy2 @emochka2007 Seems like at least in Rider this action was renamed to HoverInfo. But is there away to show it and it not focus the modal window it shows the hover info in?

[ShaneMurphy2]

@JustBarnt Doesn't appear to be HoverInfo in CLion

[citizenmatt]

There aren't any known problems here, and it's working for me. It requires the IDE to be 2023.3 or later. The action is definitely called ShowHoverInfo and still available in the platform - it hasn't been renamed or removed or anything. If there are problems showing it, please can you share logs? It might be best to create an issue on youtrack.jetbrains.com in the VIM project, and attach logs there.

It's also not a modal window, but a tooltip, and you should be able to continue typing Vim commands while it's visible.