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Add a go-to-class feature for QL Code

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript, vscode
Domain
devtools, search

Research direction

The issue does not name files, tests, or an existing entry point. Start by tracing the VS Code extension's workspace-symbol or go-to-symbol functionality and how CodeQL classes are indexed; the work is done when partial class-name searches show matching classes and their defining files through Ctrl+T.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

enhancement VSCode

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Often, I want to go to the code for a specific QL class.
Right now, I have to use the global search (limited to qll and ql files), and search for the string "class " to get specific results.

Describe the solution you'd like
Integreate with the go to symbol in workspace functionality provided in VSCode (Ctrl+T).
A list of matches for the (partial) class name I entered and the files these classes are defined in would be awesome.

Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
539
Forks
240
Avg merge
2d 6h
Merged PRs (30d)
29

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