Displaying and navigating through Workspace symbols in a Python project is supported with the use of Exuberant CTags.

Prerequisites

• Exuberant CTags needs to be installed

Mac (OS X)

• Using Homebrew:

  • brew install ctags

• Using MacPorts:

  • port install ctags

Linux

• For Debian-based systems (Ubuntu, Mint, etc.):

  • sudo apt-get install exuberant-ctags

• For Red Hat-based systems (Red Hat, Fedora, CentOS):

  • sudo yum install ctags

Windows

• Download the CTags binary from the Exuberant CTags site.
• Option 1: Extract ctags.exe from the downloaded zip to any folder within your PATH so that Visual Studio Code can run it.
• Option 2: Extract to any folder and add the path to this folder to the command setting.
• Option 3: Extract to any folder and define that path in the python.workspaceSymbols.ctagsPath setting of your user settings file (settings.json).