When searching in the code, sometimes there's a popup of code in the yellow box :
It automatically gives focus to the main Arduino window and I lose the search menu.
Is there a way to disable these yellow box popups ?
Are you saying that after a search the search dialogue disappears and the focus us given to the edit window ?
That is not what your screenshot shows
Which version of the IDE?
Which operating system?
Has this always been a problem with the specific IDE version or did it suddenly start?
What do you call the "yellow box"? The highlighted text?
Or what is known as the tooltip? The tooltip shows when you hover the mouse over the text.
A simple <alt><tab> (maybe multiple) should get it back. The search popup is a modeless window and allows you to work on the parent (the IDE itself) while it's open. The only reason why it should disappear is if you actively move to the IDE window itself.
I once had problems with a mouse where it did odd things similar to that; maybe the cause. It sometimes randomly clicked elsewhere or did a right-click so I did a left click.
Note:
I've tried to reproduce in 1.8.19 but I don't even get the tooltip when hovering.
For me, it is a long-standing problem:
I can still reproduce it in Arduino IDE 1.8.19 following the instructions in the bug report above.
I don't know of any way to disable the tooltip.
@jesse_a_b If it is very disruptive to your workflow I would recommend trying Arduino IDE 2.x.
Thanks, I'm now able to reproduce.
I've never noticed it, probably always thought that it was me clicking somewhere.
Thanks everyone for the answers, as [ptillisch] explains this is with Arduino 1.8 on windows 10. It's just happening from time to time, not too disrupting but just annoying.
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