Scala Eclipse plugin doesn't show mouse hover documentation

Question

I just installed the Scala IDE Eclipse plugin with a fresh install of Eclipse Indigo. I followed the getting started youtube video on the scala-ide.org main page on a fresh installation of Indigo. Instead of showing the complete documentation for the String Java class, it shows "type String = String"

I did notice incidentally by looking at the project properties, that in the scala-library.jar and others in the project, under "javadoc location," they show "(None) - non modifiable." I'm not sure if this is the problem, or if the Scala editor gets its documentation somewhere else.

Has anyone else experienced this and/or figured out how to fix it? Thanks!

Answer 1

In addition to the bug that you've raised (Mouse hover doesn't show documentation), there are the following issues:

1. Hovering on a type should show its javadoc
2. Javadoc view regression

As you can see, the issue is a real bug, so there aren't any workarounds at the minute. Sorry.

You could always fix it if you like :-)