Disable peek in Visual Studio Code

I've made a pull request to fix this https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/pull/68023, but until then here's a temp fix that patches the VSCode installation files. You'll need to re-apply every update.

EDIT: The fix was merged into vscode. It should be in later versions.

With this fix Ctrl+Click will:

• Use peek if there are multiple definitions
• When using peek, will not navigate to the best match in the editor and cause you to lose your spot
• If there is only one definition, it will navigate to the best match and NOT open peek.

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1. Figure out what the function that needs to be patched looks like. The method is DefinitionAction.prototype._onResult(editorService, editor, model)

   • https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/blob/e82d8bb6e6c8fd07ca16eacd16663ebd221187cb/src/vs/editor/contrib/goToDefinition/goToDefinitionCommands.ts#L128

2. Go to the VSCode installation directory. %LocalAppData%\Programs\Microsoft VS Code and right click and open the directory in VSCode so that we can use VSCode's search feature to search for text in every file.

3. Search for _onResult and evaluate every result, checking to see if the signature and body matches what we are expecting from the function we saw in step 1.

   • We know from step 1, the function _openReference is nearby. Use that to narrow the search.
   • I found it in workbench.main.js line 2454. Use bracket matching to find the end or know that it ends immediately before t.prototype._openReference

   • The function when formatted is the following (async func is compiled down to statemachine, that's why it looks nothing like the source typescript):

     t.prototype._onResult = function (e, t, r) {
       return i(this, void 0, void 0, function () {
         var i, s, a;
         return n(this, function (n) {
           switch (n.label) {
             case 0:
               return i = r.getAriaMessage(), o.alert(i), this._configuration.openInPeek ? (this._openInPeek(e, t, r), [3, 3]) : [3, 1];
             case 1:
               return s = r.nearestReference(t.getModel().uri, t.getPosition()), [4, this._openReference(t, e, s, this._configuration.openToSide)];
             case 2:
               (a = n.sent()) && r.references.length > 1 ? this._openInPeek(e, a, r) : r.dispose(), n.label = 3;
             case 3:
             return [2]
           }
         })
       })
     }
     

4. Replace the function with the following (if using same version) or format and edit the function you found to be similar to this example. Note the o variable is the global\window object and subject to change.

   t.prototype._onResult = function (e, t, r) {
     return i(this, void 0, void 0, function () {
       return n(this, function (n) {
         switch (n.label) {
           case 0:
             return r.getAriaMessage(), o.alert(r.getAriaMessage()), this._configuration.openInPeek || r.references.length > 1 ? (this._openInPeek(e, t, r), [3, 3]) : [3, 1];
           case 1:
             return [4, this._openReference(t, e, r.nearestReference(t.getModel().uri, t.getPosition()), this._configuration.openToSide)];
           case 2:
             r.dispose(), n.label = 3;
           case 3:
           return [2]
         }
       })
     })
   }
   

5. Launch VSCode. You will get a Your Code installation appears to be corrupt. Please reinstall. Just hit the gear icon and click Don't Show Again.

I tried to find a workaround changing the behavior of CMD + Click to go to implementation but it appears there is no solution yet?

The VSCode documentation shows its set by default to go to definition without a way to modify it: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/editingevolved

On my machine (Mac) if I press CMD + Click or F12 on a method it will direct me to the Peek view on the definition, however CMD+F12 will direct me to the implementation without the peek appearing.