Merge #7698

7698: Add new LSP extension for workspace symbol lookup r=matklad a=alcroito

As well as all symbol types (functions, modules).

Remove outdated documentation regarding symbol lookup filtering.

Closes #4881

Co-authored-by: alcroito <[email protected]>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/crates/ide_db/src/symbol_index.rs b/crates/ide_db/src/symbol_index.rs
index da427d686..0f5c4abc4 100644
--- a/crates/ide_db/src/symbol_index.rs
+++ b/crates/ide_db/src/symbol_index.rs
@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ impl<DB: ParallelDatabase> Clone for Snap<salsa::Snapshot<DB>> {
 // That is, `#` switches from "types" to all symbols, `*` switches from the current
 // workspace to dependencies.
 //
+// Note that filtering does not currently work in VSCode due to the editor never
+// sending the special symbols to the language server. Instead, you can configure
+// the filtering via the `rust-analyzer.workspace.symbol.search.scope` and
+// `rust-analyzer.workspace.symbol.search.kind` settings.
+//
 // |===
 // | Editor  | Shortcut
 //