How to solve battling Type & Warning popups in Intellij Scala editor

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In IntelliJ, when you hover of a variable, it will helpfully show you the type above it:

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And if you have an error or warning, hover will helpfully show you a warning below it.

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However, most of the time the warning is related to a variable, so you get a millisecond of warning popup which is then replaced by the type

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Unlike the above images, usually there isn't enough time to read the warning. Is there a way to defeat this behavior or change which one of the two winds the pop-up war?

Don't use the mouse, but use keyboard shortcuts to open the required popup. — ziggystar, Sep 11 '14 at 11:35
I know, i know.. I fall back on the crutch of mouse too much — Arne Claassen, Sep 11 '14 at 19:22

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

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In Preferences -> Scala, there is an option named 'Show type info on mouse motion with delay'. Change the delay, or uncheck the box.

This StackOverflow Question is somewhat related.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

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answered Sep 11 '14 at 00:14

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I had to turn it off, since delaying it only helps so much. But using referenced question i figured out how to get to the type Info via the keyboard, which is better anyhow. – Arne Claassen Sep 11 '14 at 04:38

How to solve battling Type & Warning popups in Intellij Scala editor

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