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Brian Diehm
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October 9, 2017
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Code hinting cannot be turned off

  • October 9, 2017
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In my code window, DreamWeaver insists I need code hints, for all of PHP, MySQL, and HTML (in .php script pages). This makes it almost impossible to code, as all I am doing is continually clicking "elsewhere" to make the code hint thingy go away, so I can type what I already know I want to type. (Believe it or not, I can actually spell mysqli_fetch_array all on my own. And, golly, I know what its arguments are, too!)

This forum says, and the tutorials say, I can turn off code hinting in Preferences -> Code Hints. But I have "Enable code hints" unchecked, doggone it. And still the code hinter is convinced I need its help. ("Some kinds of help are the kinds of help, we all can do WITHOUT!" -Marlo Thomas)

How do I *really* make the madness stop? Exclusively use a third-party editor?

Mac on OS 10.12.6 and also on 10.13. Dreamweaver 2017.5 Release, 9878 Build.

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    Correct answer lnayal

    Hi Brian,

    We regret the inconvenience caused but we are aware of issue where PHP code hints are not getting disabled.

    This issue is fixed locally and will be part of upcoming release. As of now build is in beta state and available for download at below link

    https://www.adobeprerelease.com/beta/9EB451B5-D2E8-46E5-AFA2-78C85442FFA2/participate/CD0C95AA-6274-4001-FC50-A58A26BE87BE

    -Lalita

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    BenPleysier
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    BenPleysierCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 9, 2017

    For an overview see Code hinting and code completion

    For an answer specific to your query, see Re: Dreamweaver cc 2017 - disable code auto

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    lnayalCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
    Community Manager
    October 9, 2017

    Hi Brian,

    We regret the inconvenience caused but we are aware of issue where PHP code hints are not getting disabled.

    This issue is fixed locally and will be part of upcoming release. As of now build is in beta state and available for download at below link

    https://www.adobeprerelease.com/beta/9EB451B5-D2E8-46E5-AFA2-78C85442FFA2/participate/CD0C95AA-6274-4001-FC50-A58A26BE87BE

    -Lalita

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    English100
    Inspiring
    October 19, 2017

    Lalita

    I downloaded the Beta and some of the annoying tool tips have disappeared like the Click to See Table Structure that would appear whenever I moved my cursor,  but I noticed not all have disappeared. See screenshot. Thankfully it only appears when my cursor passes over a column edge.

    Alan

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    English100
    Inspiring
    October 20, 2017

    I just installed the latest version via Creative Cloud and although the tool tip that I mentioned earlier (Shift-drag to resize column width) has gone, the dreaded Press command key to see table structure is back. It had thankfully disappeared in the Beta version. What's going on? The new version was supposed to have fixed that annoyance?
    Alan


    In fact all the tooltips seem to be active as whenever I hover over anything in the top menu bar, a tip pops up. I tried turning tool tips on and then off but no difference.

    Alan

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