--- title: Using advice to limit lsp-ui-doc nuisance | daily.dev description: A workaround for lsp-ui-doc's annoying popup positioning in Emacs using Elisp advice functions. The solution dynamically positions the documentation frame on... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/using-advice-to-limit-lsp-ui-doc-nuisance-9m2yjcpbw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Using advice to limit lsp-ui-doc nuisance | daily.dev og:description: A workaround for lsp-ui-doc's annoying popup positioning in Emacs using Elisp advice functions. The solution dynamically positions the documentation frame on... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/using-advice-to-limit-lsp-ui-doc-nuisance-9m2yjcpbw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/9M2YJcpBw.png og:image:alt: Using advice to limit lsp-ui-doc nuisance og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Using advice to limit lsp-ui-doc nuisance **[Planet Haskell](https://daily.dev/sources/phaskell)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A workaround for lsp-ui-doc's annoying popup positioning in Emacs using Elisp advice functions. The solution dynamically positions the documentation frame on the opposite half of the buffer from the cursor, preventing it from covering important information. The implementation uses advice-add to wrap lsp-ui-doc--move-frame and calculates whether to show the frame at top or bottom based on cursor position. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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