InlayHint for complete lines / multiline

[cdietrich]

Hi, is there a way to achive a multipline inlay hint like thing for a complete line

e.g. something like that

|many nice stuff
about x that does not fit into one line|
var x = whatever

the thing between the || is the inlay hint like thing

[cdietrich]

as a workaround i display a single hint and put the content to a tooltip

in this case it would be nice to allow the inlay to be at least on its own line
(similar to code lenses or as eclipse line header code minings allow it)

[puremourning]

I would strongly oppose this as an abuse of the purpose of inlay hints. This is what hover is for.

[cdietrich]

we already use hovers to show documentation.
if multiline inlay hints are a problem maybe we can have something like eclipses line header codeminings

[mickaelistria]

Isn't it exactly what "codelens" provide?

[cdietrich]

a codelens forces you to have a command and does not have a tooltip (directly)

[r3m0t]

Can you give an example of what you would use it for- maybe with a fake screenshot

[cdietrich]

i want to display an ast of our language (DSL)
right now this looks like

i want it to look like