rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-analyzer
Symbol search for symbol in dependency
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Description
I frequently find myself wanting to explore the source of a dependency in order to understand how to use it. Go to definition works great for this if I have code that references the thing I want to explore, but sometimes I don't. For this usecase, I want to use go to symbol instead. A viable alternative is to search for the name of the symbol using autocomplete, then use go to definition from there, but this is an extra step.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing rust-analyzer's existing Go to Symbol and Go to Definition entry points, including how autocomplete exposes dependency symbols. Define the dependency-symbol search behavior and verify that a symbol can be found without an existing reference, then test the resulting navigation against the current Go to Definition flow.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- devtools, search
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100