<ul> <li>Element</li> <ul> <li>Subelement…</li> You can pretty freely use HTML inside javadoc comments. Update: Because it came up, I tried <ul> <li>one</li> <ul> <li>one point one</li> </ul> </ul> and get one one point one I agree proper nesting is better.
Steps: Go to Tools -> Templates. Click on Settings button. A new panel with template settings will appear in your IDE: Uncomment the last line and change the value of “user” to what ever you like to be inserted after the @author tag. PS: I think this blog will better explain how to update author … Read more
Check Preferences / Java / Code Style / Code Template Section Comment / Type You can replace the author tag by whatever value you need and it will have an effect on new generated classes. However, if the template is fine, but the value referenced buy the author tag is not, see this SO question: … Read more
Settings | Editor | General |Code Completion | Autopopup documentation in (ms). UPDATE: latest versions have an option to show JavaDoc on mouse move.
Yeah, it is quite vague. You should use it whenever for readers of the documentation of your method it may be useful to also look at some other method. If the documentation of your methodA says “Works like methodB but …”, then you surely should put a link. An alternative to @see would be the … Read more
Absolutely pointless – you’re better off without this kind of crap cluttering your code: /** * Sets the foo. * * @param foo the foo to set */ public void setFoo(float foo); Very useful, if warranted: /** * Foo is the adjustment factor used in the Bar-calculation. It has a default * value depending on … Read more
The # style works for me: {@link Planet#EARTH} The key is that the Planet package must be imported, or Planet must be fully qualified – i.e.: {@link com.yourpackage.Planet#EARTH}
You can use < for < and > for > .
How about the JDK source code, but accessed through a 3rd party like docjar? For example, the Collections source. That way, there’s no big download.
Turns out the docs hover page was simply resized to be very short. Carefully moving the mouse down to the bottom of the hover page allowed me to resize it. Even after resizing it though, I still see it return to it’s tiny size quite often… I’m glad I have my docs back, even if … Read more