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# rust-analyzer
Provides support for rust-analyzer: novel LSP server for the Rust programming language.
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**Note** the extension may cause conflicts with the official Rust extension. It is recommended to disable the Rust extension when using the rust-analyzer extension.
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## Features
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- [code completion], [imports insertion]
- [go to definition], [implementation], [type definition]
- [find all references], [workspace symbol search], [rename]
- [types and documentation on hover]
- [inlay hints]
- [semantic syntax highlighting]
- a lot of [assist(code actions)]
- apply suggestions from errors
- ... and many more, checkout the [manual] to see them all
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[code completion]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#magic-completions
[imports insertion]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#auto-import
[go to definition]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#go-to-definition
[implementation]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#go-to-implementation
[type definition]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#go-to-type-definition
[find all references]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#find-all-references
[workspace symbol search]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#workspace-symbol
[rename]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#rename
[types and documentation on hover]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#hover
[inlay hints]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#inlay-hints
[semantic syntax highlighting]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#semantic-syntax-highlighting
[assist(code actions)]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#assists-code-actions
[manual]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html
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## Quick start
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1. Install [rustup]
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2. Install the [rust-analyzer extension]
[rustup]: https://rustup.rs
[rust-analyzer extension]: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=matklad.rust-analyzer
## Configuration
This extension provides configurations through VSCode's configuration settings. All the configurations are under `rust-analyzer.*` .
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See < https: / / rust-analyzer . github . io / manual . html # vs-code-2 > for more information on VSCode specific configurations.
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## Communication
For usage and troubleshooting requests, please use "IDEs and Editors" category of the Rust forum:
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< https: / / users . rust-lang . org / c / ide / 14 >
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## Documentation
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See < https: / / rust-analyzer . github . io / > for more information.