How to Turn Off Inlay Hints in VS Code

Posted on rust, tools

I initially tried to turn off the type hints via rust-analyzer extension setting, but that did not work 😞

Turns out it is very complicated (at least for me) documentation did not help 😞

Here is what worked for me. Thanks to SO 1

  • Open Command Palette Cmd+Shift+P
  • Select Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON) from the drop down
  • Add the following to existing settings
    • Or create new one, if empty. You may need to enclose it within { } though.
	"editor.inlayHints.enabled": "offUnlessPressed"

This will turn off the type hint inlays.

But if/when required, it can be enabled via Ctrl+Alt

  1. SO Answer ↩︎