# Why doesn't the VS Code Julia Extension jump to definitions for Standard Library types, when it will jump to definitions for installed packages?

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**Created:** [December 9, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-doesnt-the-vs-code-julia-extension-jump-to-definitions-for-standard-library-types-when-it-will-jump-to-definitions-for-installed-packages/123616 "2024-12-09T12:57:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-doesnt-the-vs-code-julia-extension-jump-to-definitions-for-standard-library-types-when-it-will-jump-to-definitions-for-installed-packages/123616/2 "2024-12-09T14:10:23Z")

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I think that stdlibs should be expected to work like external packages in most regards (except that they are shipped with Julia itself so you don’t have to download them).  
See also this discussion:

> [@For which packages does VSCode autocomplete work?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/for-which-packages-does-vscode-autocomplete-work/101360):
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> I recently discovered that autocomplete (and more generally IntelliSense) works for some people, and that makes me very frustrated rofl For me it only works with Base and Core, not even standard library stuff like LinearAlgebra. EDIT: see [this reply](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/for-which-packages-does-vscode-autocomplete-work/101360/4) for the real question. I’m on macOS Ventura with the latest version of Julia and VSCode. I did wait until IntelliSense finished loading. Related GitHub issues: [Autocomplete for non-built-in packages? · Issue #1885 · julia-vscode/julia-vscode ·…](https://github.com/julia-vscode/julia-vscode/issues/1885)

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