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Quick Documentation Lookup of java api in IntelliJIDEA
By Gentleman, 13 years ago, In English

Quick Documentation Lookup allows you pop-up a little window that shows you a documentation of method.

First of all you have to download Java API from here.
Then press "Project Structure" button, click label SDKs, "Documentation Paths" tab and add path by choosing path where you saved Java API.
Put your cursor on method and invoke the pop-up window by pressing CTRL+Q.
If you wanna find more information just click an up arrow in the pop-up window, it will open a browser and take you directly to the method.

So, that's a quik documentaion lookup.
Enjoy. :)

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13 years ago, # |
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For me this is avilable out of the box with Idea and JDK installed - no need to add "Documentation Paths" or download something
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13 years ago, # |
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By the way I personally prefer Java API reference in CHM format, since I often work on different computers and with different environments (including gedit, vi or far manager). I used this page to get packed files. It has one feature which lacks plain html - search by words etc. Also there is minor problem - under linux you need to find some chm viewer. Other problem is nasty new style of JDK7 javadocs. ;-)
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