"Go to Symbol in Workspace…" but with symbols in dependencies, or equivalent functionality

[tinder-tannerbennett]

🔍 Search Terms

typescript, symbol, go to symbol in workspace, dependencies

✅ Viability Checklist

• This wouldn't be a breaking change in existing TypeScript/JavaScript code
• This wouldn't change the runtime behavior of existing JavaScript code
• This could be implemented without emitting different JS based on the types of the expressions
• This isn't a runtime feature (e.g. library functionality, non-ECMAScript syntax with JavaScript output, new syntax sugar for JS, etc.)
• This isn't a request to add a new utility type: https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/No-New-Utility-Types
• This feature would agree with the rest of our Design Goals: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/TypeScript-Design-Goals

⭐ Suggestion

When using the "Go to Symbol in Workspace…" feature in VS Code, only symbols within my project are shown. I think it should show symbols in my project and my dependencies, or at the very least there should be a setting to toggle showing dependency symbols.

I previously thought this was a bug but was told this was intentional (#59551) so I'm opening a formal feature request.

📃 Motivating Example

I often want to use "Go to Symbol in Workspace…" to look up symbols in Node, TS, VS Code, or other dependencies, as I work. I actually rarely use it to look up my own symbols, I instead use ⌘P and jump to the relevant file.

💻 Use Cases

What do you want to use this for?

I want to use it for browsing the APIs of my dependencies, such as whether a given API even exists.

What shortcomings exist with current approaches?

It is more tedious to type out the desired type and ⌘-click it.
Sometimes I want to want to look up a symbol to see if it even exists before I type it.

What workarounds are you using in the meantime?

I type out the symbol and ⌘-click it.

[RyanCavanaugh]

I believe you're asking for this setting? If not, a concrete repro that demonstrates what you're expecting to find would be needed