"Go to Definition" for import/included resources (roles/playbook/etc)

[jouve]

Problem

"Go to Definition" does not work (import_playbook in this example, but it applies to other import/include)

Solution

"Go to Definition" open the imported/included yaml

- ansible.builtin.import_playbook: dir/foo.yml # F12 on foo.yml opens foo.yml
- ansible.builtin.include_role:
        name: bar                                            # F12 on bar opens roles/bar/tasks/main.yml
- ansible.builtin.include_role:
        name: bar                                            
        tasks_from: baz                                    # F12 on baz opens roles/bar/tasks/baz.yml
...

Alternatives

tried https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=BlauweLucht.ansible-go-to-definition, but it would be nice have this feature by default

Additional context

No response

[alisonlhart]

There are some limitations we have on retrieving context that makes this complicated. However, we are interested in looking into this further, especially with the existence of the marketplace item you linked.

Additionally, the extension currently is very limited on what it considers "ansible" files by default, since many of our functions depend on "ansible" files being playbooks. While we are evaluating this, that will need to change before we can move ahead with this.

I will leave this open for now, though there is no timeline on if/when we will be able to implement.