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monaco editor navigate to symbol from outside editor

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Description

monaco-editor version: v0.11.1
Language: CSS
Browser: Chrome
OS: Windows 10

I want to navigate to the symbol (go to symbol) from outside editor via api. I tried the below mentioned code.

this.editor.getAction('editor.action.quickOutline').run('body');

But it opens the list of symbols. But I want to navigate to the specific symbol like 'body', '.header'. Thanks.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49357807/monaco-editor-navigate-to-symbol-from-outside-editor

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Start with the editor.action.quickOutline entry point and the documented Monaco Editor API behavior, using the supplied CSS example and the linked Stack Overflow question as context. Done means an external API call can navigate directly to a named symbol such as body or .header rather than only opening the symbol list.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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