How to see Javadoc documentation on mouse hover in NetBeans?

Question

Is it possible, when you mouse hover on method/class so you can see Javadoc in NetBeans 7?

I want similar to Eclipse, when you just mouse hover on String

Answer 1

Javadoc won't show up with just a mouse hover, but you can click on a word (method/class/field/variable/whatever name) and press ctrl+space. Javadoc should show up.

Answer 2

I know that in netbeans 8.0 you can hold down the ctrl button and hover over the class or method, etc. and the javadoc window would appear.

Answer 3

You can view the javadoc in Netbeans by clicking on the method and press Ctrl + Shift + Space
(Command + Shift + Space on Mac) You can also see the various shortkeys in the help menu>keyboard shortcuts card.

UPDATE:

You can instead open a "javadoc" window from the menu Window>IDE Tools>Javadoc Documentation. This will show the javadoc in a window near the output window for that method when you click on the method or object

Answer 4

You can even open Javadoc window and you can see the javadoc in that. I prefer this way

Window >> Other >> javadoc.

Now you can see both your code and respective javadoc.

Update for Netbeans 8:

Window >> IDE Tools >> Javadoc Documentation