cvlvxi / vscode-docs-view

VS Code extension that displays hover documentation in the sidebar or panel

Docs View

VS Code extension that displays hover documentation in the sidebar or panel.

Features

• Automatically displays documentation for the symbol at the current cursor position.
• Language independent. Works in any language that supports hovers.
• The "Documentation" view shows in the panel by default. Move to other views or the panel just by dragging.
• Supports syntax highlighting and markdown rendering in the docs view.

Configuration

• docsView.documentationView.updateMode — Controls how the documentation view is updated when the cursor moves. Possible values:

  • live — (default) The documentation always tracks the current cursor position.
  • sticky — The documentation tracks the current cursor position. However if there is no content at the current position, it continues showing the previous documentation.

Commands

• Pin current docs — Stop live updating of the docs view. Keeps the currently visible docs.
• Unpin current docs — Make the docs view start tracking the cursor again.