How can I jump to class/method definition in Atom

Question

Is there an easy way to do this? On Aptana I used Control+click and I wish there was a way to do something similar on Atom.

Answer 1

I also had the same problem. And I find the solution:

CTRL+ALT+G

Update:

Thanks to @Joost, install Atom package python-tools to make it work

Answer 2

As of November 2018 the package autocomplete-python offers this functionality with this key combo:

Ctrl+Alt+G

with mouse cursor on the function call.

Answer 3

I believe the problem with "go to" packages is that they would work diferently for each language.

If you use Javascript js-hyperclick and hyperclick (since code-links is deprecated) may do what you need.

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Use symbols-view package which let your search and jump to functions declaration but just of current opened file. Unfortunately, I don't know of any other language's equivalent.

There is also another package which could be useful for go-to in Python: python-tools

As of May 2016, recent version of Atom now support "Go-To" natively. At the GitHub repo for this module you get a list of the following keys:

• symbols-view:toggle-file-symbols to Show all symbols in current file
• symbols-view:toggle-project-symbols to Show all symbols in the project
• symbols-view:go-to-declaration to Jump to the symbol under the cursor
• symbols-view:return-from-declaration to Return from the jump

I now only have one thing missing with Atom for this: mouse click bindings. There's an open issue on Github if anyone want to follow that feature.

Answer 4

Use atom-ctags as a package for C language with all things you need:

• Generated ctags for your project. Auto-complete.
• Go to declaration: Ctrl+Alt+Down and Alt+Click by default.
• There are customizable options for Click action.

Answer 5

This feature has been built-in into Atom editor (see: symbols-view package), but you need to generate ctags symbols file for your project ^{GH-9, GH-20}.

To do that, install ctags command (e.g. brew install ctags on macOS), then:

1. Append, link or copy ctags-config to your ~/.ctags, example on macOS:

   ln -vs "$(find /Applications/Atom.app -name ctags-config -print -quit)" ~/.ctags
   

2. Go to your project folder and run:

   cd your/project/directory
   ctags -R .
   

3. Restart Atom editor.

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Alternatively you can use symbol-gen package to generate ctags symbols file for your project based on the options found in .ctags file. You can install it from Atom Package Manager by: apm install symbol-gen. Then hit CMD-Alt-G to generate tags file for your project.

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After following above, you can use Go To Declaration option from the context menu.

On macOS you can use also use the following keyboard shortcuts:

• CMD-R to jump to a function/method in the current ,editor
• Alt-CMD-Down to go to declaration.

Answer 6

To solve this, you'll need to install only 2 packages. Follow the steps below.

1. Open atom, go to Packages(top bar) --> Settings View --> Install Packages/Themes.

2. Type "goto" in the search field and click the packages button on the right.

3. Install both "goto(1.8.3)" and "goto-definition(1.1.9)", or later versions. Make sure both of them are enabled after download.
4. If necessary, you can restart atom (for some people).
5. It should be able to work now. Right-Click on the method/attr/whatever, then select "Goto Definition"