# Go to definition almost never works

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/go-to-definition-almost-never-works/95363
**Category:** Tooling
**Tags:** vscode
**Created:** [March 1, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/go-to-definition-almost-never-works/95363 "2023-03-01T00:26:01Z")
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### Author: ![Christopher\_Fisher](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/christopher_fisher/32/26132_2.png) [@Christopher\_Fisher](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Christopher_Fisher)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/go-to-definition-almost-never-works/95363/9 "2023-03-01T23:45:32Z")

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Unfortunately, this has been a longstanding issue for me. I reported this [issue](https://github.com/julia-vscode/julia-vscode/issues/2339) in 2021.

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