The hover provider interface defines the contract between extensions and the hover-feature.

Fields

provideHover(document:TextDocument, position:Position, token:CancellationToken):ProviderResult<Hover>

Provide a hover for the given position and document. Multiple hovers at the same position will be merged by the editor. A hover can have a range which defaults to the word range at the position when omitted.

Parameters:

document

The document in which the command was invoked.

position

The position at which the command was invoked.

token

A cancellation token.

Returns:

A hover or a thenable that resolves to such. The lack of a result can be signaled by returning undefined or null.