Questions tagged [hints]
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How to remove dart/flutter (hint) squiggles in vscode?
Is it possible? related to flutter plugin? or is it related to the Problem pane?
I can remove hints from problem pane but not from the editor (shows squiggles).
Since flutter is already quite verbose, these don't help, especially in the middle of…

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Using jQuery Validation and Field Hinting at the Same TIme
I am trying to use the jQuery Validation plugin (http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/) in conjunction with field hinting.
The problem is that the field hinting puts text in the value attribute, and since there's text in the value attribute,…

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How to change HINT font size of my custom control ?
After long searches on the Internet, with the information I found, I created this code to change the hint font size of my control. But when I try to assign Message.HintInfo.HintWindowClass:=HintWin; it give me error: E2010 Incompatible types:…

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Vimperator: use hints without (possibly by forcing uniqueness)
[To clarify, I am using hints of near-home-row characters.]
Vimperator sometimes forces you to hit in order to complete hints. This is very flow-breaking, especially since the Return key is not actually near the home row with my other hint…

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Is it necessary to use xlib's "XAllocSizeHints()"?
Xlib has a function called XAllocSizeHints to allocate a XSizeHints structure on the heap and set it to zero.
XSizeHints *sizehints;
sizehints=XAllocSizeHints();
However, is it necessary to always use this function? Or can I do this:
XSizeHints…
user301649
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jquery show tips function fails to work in webkit based browsers
I have a jquery function that shows/hides spans that look like "tips" when I click an input field on a form.
The function works great on FirfFox,Chrome,IE(!) :) , etc. But not at all on webkit based browsers aka Safari and Android…

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How to detect Hint sender-control in OnHint event-handler?
In a Delphi 10.3.3 Windows VCL Application, in the OnHint event-handler of a TApplicationEvents component, I show the current hint in the status-bar:
procedure TForm1.ApplicationEvents1Hint(Sender: TObject);
begin
statMain.SimpleText :=…

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How to parametrize the MAXDOP hint with a variable in SQL Server
I would like to call a stored procedure with an integer variable @Mdop so that the query in the stored procedure reads something like:
SELECT someField
FROM SomeTable
OPTION (MAXDOP @Mdop)
Is there a way to do this? The only trivial way I found…

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How to disable hints in Dev C++?
I have Bloodshed Dev C++ 4.9.9.2.
Every time I stop typing for a second this hint pops up and I can't see a thing what I'm typing! I have a feeling that it waits for a most unsuitable moment to pop up. Then it disappears in 2 secs, or, sometimes,…

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Oracle database hints for bulk Insert from DBLink
I need to insert around 50 tables that have bulk data in them via DBLink. I generally use the statement
insert into
select * from @DBLink
In some cases, it takes too long to insert. What useful database hints can be used…

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How to adjust hint properties of a control at runtime?
I have this code with which I can set the font size of the control hint, but I want to be able somehow to adjust it later at runtime. How can I do that ?
unit Unit1;
interface
uses
Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Variants, Classes, Graphics,…

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Hints in Sql Server
Are hints really necessary for every sql statement? We have a dba who is anal about it and asks us to put hints on every select and update statements in our stored procs. Is this really necessary?

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Delphi XE2: OnHideHint event to automatically restore the previous text in the StatusBar?
TAction has a OnHint event, but unfortunately not a OnHideHint event. This has the following drawback:
I have ToolButtons and other controls associated with actions. Whenever the mouse is over such a control, the hint of the Action is shown in the…

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Dreamweaver doesn't show all code hints
Example in Dreamweaver CS6: