Hover Edit not working

Yowie22 · May 11, 2023, 11:15am

I can’t get hover edit to work on my sketch’s. If I open an example sketch it works fine until I save it and it ceases to work again.

sterretje · May 11, 2023, 11:19am

Can you provide more details? E.g. what do you mean by "hover edit" and which operating system are you using?. And where do you save your sketch to (from memory, there is a known issue if it's not on the C-drive when using Windows but I might be mistaken)?

Yowie22 · May 16, 2023, 12:11am

Thanks for your input, you were correct.
My instal is on W10 with the sketch book files were located on my NAS. After a bit of testing the I have found that the hover edit (when you hold the cursor over a variable a pop up occurs after 0.5 secs with the variables properties) doesn’t work when the files aren’t stored on a local drive.
I have resolved the issue by syncing the files to a local drive from the NAS

ptillisch · May 16, 2023, 4:58am

Hi @Yowie22. As mentioned by sterretje, this is a known bug specific to the Arduino IDE 2.1.0 release:

github.com/arduino/arduino-cli

`compile` command fails when sketch on different drive from custom build path

opened 05:19AM - 24 Apr 23 UTC

closed 09:40AM - 02 May 23 UTC

per1234

os: windows topic: code type: imperfection

### Describe the problem Under the following conditions: - A custom build …path is set via the `--build-path` flag. - The build path is on a different drive from the sketch. compilation fails: ```text Error during build: Cannot find build path: Rel: can't make C:\Users\per\AppData\Local\Temp\build-path relative to E:\FooSketch ``` ### To reproduce ```text $ arduino-cli version arduino-cli.exe Version: git-snapshot Commit: 2c2a5cc6 Date: 2023-04-24T05:04:04Z $ arduino-cli sketch new "e:/FooSketch" Sketch created in: e:\FooSketch $ arduino-cli compile --build-path "c:/Users/per/AppData/Local/Temp/build-path" --fqbn arduino:avr:uno "e:/FooSketch" Error during build: Cannot find build path: Rel: can't make c:\Users\per\AppData\Local\Temp\build-path relative to E:\FooSketch ``` ### Expected behavior Compilation is possible when custom build path is on a different drive from sketch. ### Arduino CLI version 2c2a5cc6 ### Operating system Windows ### Operating system version 11 ### Additional context I bisected the regression to 78bfa744dc0fbdd04d385e56545027e824a3102f --- I was not able to reproduce the fault on Linux or macOS --- The fault does not occur when `--build-path` is not used in the command even when that command uses a default build path on a different drive from the sketch. --- The fault also occurs when using the gRPC interface. --- Although the use of `--build-path` in command line commands is probably not so common, custom build paths are used for the compile operations ran by Arduino IDE 2.x to generate the compilation database for Arduino Language Server, which makes the regression more impactful. --- Originally reported at: https://forum.arduino.cc/t/data-item-properties-in-ide-2-1/1118282 #### Additional reports - https://forum.arduino.cc/t/data-item-properties-in-ide-2-1/1118282/9 - https://forum.pjrc.com/threads/72643-Issues-with-Arduino-IDE-2-1-and-Teensy-4-1#post_324742 - https://forum.arduino.cc/t/code-hints-missing/1119231 - https://forum.arduino.cc/t/upgrading-2-0-3-to-2-1-0-function-f12-and-alt-f12-not-present-on-menu/1118731 - https://forum.arduino.cc/t/f12-qui-ne-fonctionne-pas/1119169/1 - https://forum.arduino.cc/t/f12-qui-ne-fonctionne-pas/1119169/6 - https://forum.arduino.cc/t/code-hints-missing/1119231/4 - https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/2034 - https://forum.arduino.cc/t/auto-completion-not-working-on-arduino-2-1/1120524 - https://forum.arduino.cc/t/hover-tips-context-help-depend-on-sketch-location/1124524 ### Issue checklist - [X] I searched for previous reports in [the issue tracker](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/issues?q=) - [X] I verified the problem still occurs when using the [nightly build](https://arduino.github.io/arduino-cli/dev/installation/#nightly-builds) - [X] My report contains all necessary details

The developers have already fixed the bug at its origin, but it will take some time still to propagate through the supply chain to be available to Arduino IDE users. It is certain that it will be fixed in the IDE by the time of the next production release though.

Until then, the workaround you found of storing your sketches on the C:\ drive will be the best approach.

system · November 12, 2023, 4:59am

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