How to make Intellij IDEA show Java type hints for inferred local variables only on hover?

Question

804 views Asked by Hertzu At 19 October 2020 at 21:22

Intellij IDEA shows type hints for variables created with the new 'var' feature from Java 10.

However, inferred types are so long sometimes that the line length ends up exceeding the width guide as you can see in the screenshot below:

Is it possible to make Intellij IDEA only show type hints on hover?

There are 2 answers

**CrazyCoder** · Answer 1 · 2020-10-19 21:27:57

CrazyCoder On 19 October 2020 at 21:27

It's not possible at the moment, you can vote for the linked feature request.

**Peter** · Answer 2 · 2020-10-20 05:03:00

Peter On 20 October 2020 at 05:03

Workaround

Disable type hints for implicit types:

Use show type info on expression you want to see the type for.

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