STM32CubeIDE editor hover no longer works

[EThom.3]

Editor hover no longer works on my STM32CubeIDE installation, and I have no idea why.

Hover setup is like this, which I believe should be correct. Also, I haven’t changed anything (first time seeing this menu myself).

I haven’t found a menu or anything that turns the hover feature off. Does anyone have an idea what the problem could be?

When a feature is not longer working or available, I really find out how often I use it…

 

Edit: Version is 2.2.0. Now checking for updates… Nope, no updates.

[AScha.3]

> Does anyone have an idea what the problem could be?

Using a V 2.xx IDE version ?   :)

(I use V1.18 + 1.19 versions and never had this problem.)

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Did you close and restart IDE ?

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If nothing helps, you could kill all IDE layout settings and bring it to installation state:

>>To do this, just remove or rename (to restore it, if needed) this file inside your workspace:

>> .metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.e4.workbench/workbench.xmi

>> Hope this solves the issue.

>> (this file is the responsible of saving your workbench layout)

 

[EThom.3]

Did you close and restart IDE ?

 

Yeah, I did.

It has worked before with this version – then, out of the blue, it just stopped working.

Thank you for your suggestions. I will try them when I have more time. Right now, I am a bit swamped.

[EThom.3]

While I was busy working on some code, and did not have time to experiment with the IDE, I accidentally clicked on a menu icon that completely messed up my workspace. This immediately put me in an “AAAARRGHHH!!! 🤯” state. But, luckily, I had saved my preferred perspective in a file years ago. I loaded that, and continued working.

Suddenly, I noticed that the “hover” feature was working again.

I still don’t know why it stopped working in the first place, or why loading the perspective fixed. The “Hovers” settings are unchanged. So, still kind of a mystery, but at least it has been solved.