Is there any way to change the location where the 'Assistant' popup appears?
A couple of times a week I usually start getting bizzare compile errors when using KDevelop as my IDE. After tracking the issue down I usually find an extra file #include'd - sometimes it's not even a source file. I've also had function signitures changed on me, which is downright evil when my virtual functions start getting hidden...
I finally caught one of the problems in action today. I was using the mouse to click the 'Previous' button, which placed the cursor near a location that was flagged as a semantic problem. I needed to find the previous instance so without moving the mouse I clicked again. I saw the 'Assistant' popup, covering both 'Next' and 'Previous' just as I pressed the mouse button down. The signature was changed from func( Base* ) to func( Derived* ) which I did not want.
The 'Assistant' should never appear under the mouse cursor in my opinion, but the default location at the bottom of the editor just happens to be a really bad place given where the find controls are.
I don't see any documentation about the 'Assistant' adding #include lines, if it does not, does anyone know what would cause that to happen from time to time?

Thanks

Including files can happen accidentially when using the code completion feature; depending on your include paths, kdev might produce the "add include" items in the completion when you type names like "c" or so. This is sort of a bug which needs to be fixed (the behavior is not actually wrong, it's just bad usability-wise).

For the assistant, I agree, it should be placed at the bottom of the visible part of the editor window, and not on top of the search toolbar. I don't know how difficult it is to do technically, though.

It would probably be a good idea to report a bug for both issues (seperately) on bugs.kde.org.

Cheers,
Sven