Parameter hints
Parameter hints show the names of function parameters for the passed arguments. CLion displays them in the editor inlined with your code to improve its readability:
Parameter hints can help you understand a function call without exploring the function signature (which you can do with the Parameter Info tooltip or by navigating to the function declaration).
Parameter hints are displayed for argument literals and expressions with more than one operand: function calls, lambdas, initializer lists, macro expressions, and constructors (including the constructors invoked through emplace_back -like functions). Hints for initializers are not shown when the argument is used as a designated initializer.
Arguments passed by non-const reference show the hint &:
to indicate the fact they can be modified:
Hide and toggle parameter hints
The hints are enabled by default. To hide them, go to Show parameter names hints checkbox.
and clear theYou can assign a shortcut to quickly toggle the hints on and off. Go to hints, and add a shortcut for the Toggle parameter name hints action:
, search forConfigure parameter hints
To hide parameter hints for particular cases, configure the list of exceptions.
Go to Black list....
and clickAdd methods for which you don't want to see the hints.
You can also adjust the hints settings right from the editor:
Press Alt+Enter on a hint to quickly disable it for the current function.
Right-click a hint and select from the list of options.