Is there a keyboard shortcut to get the info about a variable in the editor?

If I wanna do this now in the editor, I need to put the cursor onto the variable in order to get this drop down menue containing infos (size, type etc..)

[Rik]

The workspace window doesn't suit you needs?

[Josch123]

It's ok but as I work with 2 screens I have the editor left and the workspace right, meaning that I have always to look right and then find the variable in the workspace. I like the quick info you get putting the cursor onto it in the editor but for ergonomical reasons I want to use as less mouse as possible!

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Click on the variable in the editor and type control-d. It will bring it up in the variable editor. Is that what you mean?

[Josch123]

No, I just would like to have the direct information about a variable in the editor using a shortcut as pointing the cursor on it...

But it looks like there is not this solution...

[Image Analyst]

Not exactly sure what "as pointing the cursor on it" means, but if you stop execution at a breakpoint and hover the cursor over a variable it will give you the name of the variable, it's values or shape, and its class in a popup tooltip string. What more information do you want?

[Josch123]

That's exactly what I would like to have but WITHOUT using the cursor of the mouse, but the the keyboard somehow!

[Jan]

@Josch123: If you do not point the mouse over a variable, which variable should be displayed then? The one selected by the mouse? Then using the mouse-over-tooltip is easier. Or the one which is nearest to the cursor? Or left beside the cursor? If it is the variable the cursor is currently inside? Then you could use a keyboard event to instruct the java.awt.robot to move the mouse to the current position - but I cannot post some code, because I do not know how to obtain the screen position of the cursor.

It seems to be a complicated solution for a simple job. I hope you find a solution, and maybe it is easier to adjust the way to work to the existing tools.

[Josch123]

Thank you very much for your help!

[Image Analyst]

Instead of the mouse, use the keyboard to navigate the cursor so that it is within the variable you want to see the value(s) of. Then type control-d on the keyboard.

Answer 2

[Jan]

What should the shortcut do? Without pointing the mouse on the wanted variable, it is unknown, which variable you want to display. But if you point on the wanted variable, the information is shown already in the tooltip menu.

Maybe moving the workspace window beside your editor is a fast solution.

[EDITED] I can undock the command window and dock the editor and the Workspace browser into Matlab's mainframe. Maybe this is an option.