Hints

This document describes the inlay hints that gopls uses inside the editor.

assignVariableTypes

Enable/disable inlay hints for variable types in assign statements:

i/* int/*, j/* int/* := 0, len(r)-1

Disabled by default. Enable it by setting "hints": {"assignVariableTypes": true}.

Enable/disable inlay hints for composite literal field names:

{in: "Hello, world", want: "dlrow ,olleH"}

Disabled by default. Enable it by setting "hints": {"compositeLiteralFields": true}.

Enable/disable inlay hints for composite literal types:

for _, c := range []struct {
	in, want string
}{
	/*struct{ in string; want string }*/{"Hello, world", "dlrow ,olleH"},
}

Disabled by default. Enable it by setting "hints": {"compositeLiteralTypes": true}.

Enable/disable inlay hints for constant values:

const (
	KindNone   Kind = iota/* = 0*/
	KindPrint/*  = 1*/
	KindPrintf/* = 2*/
	KindErrorf/* = 3*/
)

Disabled by default. Enable it by setting "hints": {"constantValues": true}.

Enable/disable inlay hints for implicit type parameters on generic functions:

myFoo/*[int, string]*/(1, "hello")

Disabled by default. Enable it by setting "hints": {"functionTypeParameters": true}.

Enable/disable inlay hints for parameter names:

parseInt(/* str: */ "123", /* radix: */ 8)

Disabled by default. Enable it by setting "hints": {"parameterNames": true}.

Enable/disable inlay hints for variable types in range statements:

for k/* int*/, v/* string/* := range []string{} {
	fmt.Println(k, v)
}

Disabled by default. Enable it by setting "hints": {"rangeVariableTypes": true}.