# Go to definition in VSCode not working for packages

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/go-to-definition-in-vscode-not-working-for-packages/65708>\
**Category:** VS Code\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [August 3, 2021, 12:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/go-to-definition-in-vscode-not-working-for-packages/65708 "2021-08-03T00:27:48Z")\
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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:** [August 3, 2021, 12:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/go-to-definition-in-vscode-not-working-for-packages/65708/1 "2021-08-03T00:27:48Z")

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Sometime in the last few days, the “go to definition” function in VSCode stopped working for packages. It works for base functions and functions and variables defined in the Main module. Is there a solution to this problem?

Version Info

Julia 1.6.2  
VSCode 1.58.2  
Julia Language Support 1.3.27

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**Author:** ![davidanthoff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/davidanthoff/32/223493_2.png) [@davidanthoff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/davidanthoff)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/go-to-definition-in-vscode-not-working-for-packages/65708/2 "2021-08-03T01:35:20Z")

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Could you open an issue over at the github repo?

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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:** [August 3, 2021, 8:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/go-to-definition-in-vscode-not-working-for-packages/65708/3 "2021-08-03T08:47:54Z")

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Thanks for looking into this problem. Here is the link to the [issue](https://github.com/julia-vscode/julia-vscode/issues/2339).