datatips in editor won't turn off

Hi,

I want to turn off datatips in the editor since they get in the way of selecting text. In preferences I have already set

MATLAB->Editor/Debugger->Display->Enable datatips in edit mode

to false, but they still apear when editing my LiveScripts. This is an extremely irritating feature because the tips often pop up over what I am trying to select, so that I can't see what I am selecting. I am using R2020a.

Thanks, Matthew.

Answer 1

[Jalaj Gambhir]

Hi,

Please refer to the bug report: https://www.mathworks.com/support/bugreports/1584013?s_tid=answers_rc2-1_p4_MLT

And related answer: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/525398-disable-data-tips-in-live-editor

Hope this helps!

[Joseph Becker]

First the "fix" is for R2017, this is still happending in 202b

Second this intermittent. And very agro.

I have data tips on in the "view pane" and in the editor/display preference.

How can I turn of this distraction?

[Walter Roberson]

Joseph Becker:

Have you installed R2020b Update 2 yet?

I skimmed over the release notes for that a few days ago, and I think I saw fixes for datatips listed for it. I am not sure, though, as I was skimming hundreds of changes.

Answer 2

[Douglas Owen]

Matlab 2021a, settings for "Enable datatips while editing" is broken. Behaves as enabled regardless of the setting in either the View tab or in Preferences>Editor/Debugger>Display: "Enable datatips in edit mode".

[Nikolaus Koopmann]

great.. 2021a is the last release with the old editor.. i refuse to work with the LiveEditor...