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How to trigger parameter hints in Visual Studio Code?

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How do I get hints for Visual Studio code?

You can trigger IntelliSense in any editor window by typing Ctrl+Space or by typing a trigger character (such as the dot character (.)

How do you add parameters in VS code?

Select the down arrow on the Quick Actions menu, and then select Add parameter to [method]. You can also access the Quick Actions menu by placing your cursor on the line of the method call, and then either pressing Ctrl+.

How do you pass arguments in Vscode?

To set command-line arguments in Visual Studio, right click on the project name, then go to Properties. In the Properties Pane, go to "Debugging", and in this pane is a line for "Command-line arguments." Add the values you would like to use on this line. They will be passed to the program via the argv array.


For Windows and Linux:

Ctrl + Shift + Space

For MacOS:

+ + Space


  1. Code -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts
  2. Search for "Trigger parameter hints"

2.a Here you can either inspect the defined shortcut

2.b Or you can change keybinding by pressing to the left of "Trigger parameter hints" command name.


You can use Ctrl+Space to show parameter hints before parentheses, and if you want to trigger parameter hints in parentheses to know about arguments you can use Ctrl+Shift+Space


Update v1.6 - Aug 2021

There's also a new feature called inlay hints which you can enable in your settings.json like this:

"javascript.inlayHints.parameterNames.enabled": "all",

For Java extension, ctrl+shift+space works only after setting Java > Signature Help: Enabled in your settings.json:

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