Big macro defs obscure docs

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
cpp, typescript, vscode
Domain
frontend

Research direction

Reproduce the cut-off documentation with extension version 1.32.2 in VS Code 1.121.0 on Linux, then trace the documentation view for large macro definitions. Done means the full documentation is visible without being cut off at the bottom of the window.

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Description

bug Feature: Hover (Quick Info) Language Service

Type: Bug

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If you look carefully, the documentation is cut halfway off at the bottom of the window.

Extension version: 1.32.2
VS Code version: Code 1.121.0 (f6cfa2ea2403534de03f069bdf160d06451ed282, 2026-05-19T11:51:53+02:00)
OS version: Linux x64 6.8.0-117-generic
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