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In Eclipse, when you hover over a variable, method, etc, you get a pop-up window with the documentation. When you move the mouse off of it, it disappears.

I can simulate the first part in Android Studio (IntelliJ) with the setting to enable quick-doc on hover. At first, this behaved exactly like Eclipse. However, I then clicked the 'pin' button on one of the windows because I wanted an extended look at a particular piece of documentation. Since then, after disabling Pinned Mode on that window, I now have to click away to close the quick-doc pop-up. Simply moving the mouse away from it doesn't close it anymore.

How do I restore this functionality?

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Found out how to do it - just click the big red cross on the task bar - NOT the usual one to close a window in the top-right.

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Uncheck the Autopopup documentation in(ms) option from Preference-> code completion

Check this answer it may help you

https://stackoverflow.com/a/18157209/3020568

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Try changing the Documentation mode- it is also useful (uncheck floating mode)

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    That doesn't fix it I'm afraid. So if I hover over a method name, it'll bring up the documentation box as expected. If I move the mouse away, the box stays there and doesn't go away - I have to click to make it disappear still. – Alex Kershaw Jul 16 '15 at 11:17
  • Are you sure you changed the Autopopup documentation in(ms) not Autopopup in(ms) – Deniz Jul 16 '15 at 11:22
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    Yeah :( Why would something under 'code completion' settings change this anyway though? I'm referring to the pop-up you get when hovering over an already-typed method or variable (ctrl-q if quick-doc on hover isn't enabled) – Alex Kershaw Jul 16 '15 at 11:30
  • @Alex pls check updated answers. have a look. it may help you – Deniz Jul 16 '15 at 11:43
  • Removing floating mode is the best alternative - I would prefer it to work as a pop-up that disappears (like the error pop-ups for example still do) but I can get used to the docs being at the side, cheers – Alex Kershaw Jul 16 '15 at 11:48