# Julia VSCode: Is it possible to automatically activate the parent julia environment of the current file?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vscode-is-it-possible-to-automatically-activate-the-parent-julia-environment-of-the-current-file/96451>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [March 22, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vscode-is-it-possible-to-automatically-activate-the-parent-julia-environment-of-the-current-file/96451 "2023-03-22T15:08:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![schlichtanders](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/schlichtanders/32/32145_2.png) [@schlichtanders](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/schlichtanders)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vscode-is-it-possible-to-automatically-activate-the-parent-julia-environment-of-the-current-file/96451/1 "2023-03-22T15:08:17Z")

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I just realized [in another discourse thread](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/code-jumping-in-julia-vscode-most-often-does-not-work-what-is-it-i-am-doing-wrong) that this is the feature which I really want.

background: I am usually working on several packages in parallel, which I all open in the same vscode workspace (i.e. in one single vscode window). I jump from here to there and would like to have code jumping working as good as possible. Hence, the julia environment needs to switch like I switch between files.

Maybe it is already possible - does someone know how?  
I couldn’t find it ad hoc in the julia-vscode docs or settings.