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Go to definition broken by existance of tsconfig.json in JavaScript project.
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Description
TypeScript Version: 4.0.2
Search Terms: go to definition javascript
Code
'use strict'
// javascript file.
const uuid = require('uuid')
Expected behavior:
When I hit Go to definition with F12 on uuid it goes to the source code.
This works fine for JavaScript because tsconfig.json does not exist.
Actual behavior:
When I hit Go to definition with F12 it does not do anything useful.
This is because a tsconfig.json file exists in my JavaScript project.
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue in a JavaScript project containing tsconfig.json, using the shown require('uuid') code and F12 on uuid. Compare behavior with and without tsconfig.json; done means Go to Definition reaches the uuid source as expected.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, typescript
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100