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Posted: **Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:48 pm**

Suppose a function has 6 parameters : a,b,c,d,e,f.

Using ctrl+shift+space command displays the whole parameters's list, but when a function has several parameters, it s difficult to see which one we are currently writting. I propose the VStudio manner, which displays in bold the current parameter.

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my_func(a,b,c,

Here, the hint window that appeared using ctrl+shift+space could display, in bold, the 'e' parameter, so the user knows the current parameter he is writing is the 4th one.

Posted: **Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:19 pm**

There is one flaw with this design:
This is scintilla's API to implement what you suggested:

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// Highlight a segment of the definition.
void CallTipSetHighlight (int startPos, int endPos);

This will work nice in most cases, however, codelite calltip is a bit different, if you use overloading:

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void foo(int i, int j);
void foo(std::string str);

the calltip typing:

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foo(

is

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foo(int i, int j)
foo(std::string str)

Note that the calltip is 2 lines, however I would lke to colour both int i AND std::string str, so the calltip will look like:

foo(int i, int j)
foo(std::string str)

and this is not possible currently with the current API

Eran

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Request : set current parameter in bold in code completion

Request : set current parameter in bold in code completion

Re: Request : set current parameter in bold in code completion