How to see Javadoc documentation on mouse hover in NetBeans?

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VextoR picture VextoR · Jun 29, 2011 · Viewed 25.5k times · Source

Is it possible, when you mouse hover on method/class so you can see Javadoc in NetBeans 7?

I want similar to Eclipse, when you just mouse hover on String and you can read Java API documentation about it.

Maybe there is some hot key for that...

Answer

Rakesh picture Rakesh · Jun 29, 2011

You can view the javadoc in Netbeans by clicking on the method and press Ctrl + Shift + Space
(Command + Shift + Space on Mac) You can also see the various shortkeys in the help menu>keyboard shortcuts card.

UPDATE:

You can instead open a "javadoc" window from the menu Window>IDE Tools>Javadoc Documentation. This will show the javadoc in a window near the output window for that method when you click on the method or object

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