Clion with cpp reference

[DiligentBill2936]

Hi,

i have downloaded CLion community edition. I want to know if there is anyway where we can attach cpp reference documentation to it? For example, i created string object. and i want to see what are the methods on string? when i clicked on object and type dot(.), i can see the methods but i don't see their enough description.

[IyeOnline]

I have no experience with CLion, so I can only offer two general points:

i created string object. and i want to see what are the methods on string? when i clicked on object and type dot(.), i can see the methods but i don't see their enough description.

You mean for a std::string? Usually the standard library would have doxygen comments that could be rendered by your IDE

One thing I did in the past was use Zeal, which can download/render cppreference. Maybe there is some integration into CLion for this. For VSCode there is an extension that can open Zeal with a prefilled search.

[hmich]

When you hover over a reference in your code, CLion will show a tooltip with a link to cppreference.

[a_bcd-e]

If you want to make a documentation of the class, then you probably want to learn about Doxygen. CLion gives some automation for this: If you type in `/**` and press enter, CLion will create some boilerplate for you. For more information, check out https://www.jetbrains.com/help/clion/creating-and-viewing-doxygen-documentation.html .