VS Code not able to open ctrl + click for go to definition

[ErMukesh]

I am using cmake and c/c++ in vs code.

Identifier : twxs.cmake
Version : 0.0.17

Identifier : ms-vscode.cpptools
Version : 1.25.3
Last Updated : 2025-05-27, 16:23:46

I am not able to open ctrl + click for go to definition. I am not able to use hover functionality like functions, definitions and parameters etc.
I am also not able to open #include "xxxx.h" file by ctrl + clik (or F12).
Like "Intelisense" is not working.
I tried everything by searching on google but nothing worked for me.

Please help

[ErMukesh]

Finally i found the solution, setting is disabled from the c/c++ externsion settings.

"C_Cpp.intelliSenseEngine" : "disable" i changed to "default" and working for me. but it takes my 4 hours to find as a begginer.

Why it is not easier to find ? why all settings are not easier in VS Code ?

[bobbrow]

Sorry you had a hard time with the settings. I'm not sure how you ended up with "disable" as the value because "default" is the default value. Is there some guide on the Internet that is telling people the wrong things?

[ErMukesh]

Thank you for your replay.

I don't know why it is disabled. I have just made a fresh installation of VS code and install necessary extensions like C/C++, CMake, STM32 etc. for importing my STM32 project created by STM32CubeMX. I am expert with STM32 but VS code is a little bit newer for me.

[sean-mcmanus]

@ErMukesh The STM32 extension could be setting the intelliSenseEngine to disabled. Some extensions might do that if their users complain about error squiggles due to not being able to sufficiently configure our extension's IntelliSense process. They might suggest an alternative language server in that case and just using our C/C++ extension for the debugger.