Alt+Click does not do the quick evaluate expression
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When I press Alt and click on an expression in PyCharm 2021.2 Pro nothing happens.
In Rider moving the mouse over an expression while holding Alt pressed, does highlight an expression. Clicking does evaluate it.
PyCharm documentation says "Click Run | Debugging Actions | Quick Evaluate Expression Ctrl+Alt+F8. Alternatively, hold Alt and click the selection.", so I would expect the same behavior, but nothing happens while Alt+moving the mouse or when Alt+clicking on any expression.
Is it a PyCharm bug, documentation error or wrong setting?
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I have enabled the "Show value tooltip on code selection" option, but I don't see any tooltip with the expression result.
Pressing Ctrl+F8 works as expected.
It's a bug.
I filed a ticket to our issue tracker https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/PY-50294, feel free to vote for it and comment.
Today the tooltip works, perhaps it required PyCharm to restart?