SonarLint IntelliJ - "Inspection Description" popup is neither scrollable nor movable

[ss005]

Versions used
(Sonarlint-Intellij plugin : 4.11.0.20867 - Latest as of today)
(Intellij IDEA) : 2020.2 - Latest as of Today

Step 1:
Click on “Show Inspection Description”.

Step 2:

• Issue 1: If the popup goes off the screen as above, we cannot scroll down to view the entire inspection description.

• Issue 2: Neither can we move the popup with mouse pointer (while in Intellij other popups (quick documentation e.g) can be moved with mouse).

[Damien_Urruty]

Hello,

Thanks for raising this issue.

I think we don’t have a way to customize this popup. We just provide the content of it, and the layout is managed by IntelliJ. I will double check

Do you know that we recently introduced a context action for each issue ? You can Alt+Enter on an issue, select ‘SonarLint: Show rule description’ and it will bring you to the Issues panel with a detailed description. You can also click on it in the little popup that appears on top of an issue as shown in your screenshot.

Thanks again for your feedback

Damien

[ss005]

Hi @Damien_Urruty,

Thanks for the reply and info about context action, just now I tried and I can see the complete issue description which is great.

Regarding popup window if possible you can confirm whether we cannot customize this popup and I can raise an issue with Intellij.

Thanks!

[Damien_Urruty]

Hello ss005,

Sorry for the late answer.

I can confirm you that we can’t customize that popup, it is displayed and managed by JetBrains. Feel free to open a ticket on their side if you want.

Thanks
Damien