Is this only for the Sublime "GoTo definition"? Does the TypeScript one (F12) work as expected for you?

This actually happens in 'Go To Symbol' which navigates across symbols in a given file, (F12) 'Go To Definition' works as expected

Here's a workaround to display only method names in the symbol list by setting up a configuration file for SublimeText that excludes bindables, method calls, etc.:

1. Open the SublimeText Packages Folder and navigate to the "TypeScript" folder
2. Inside the "TypeScript" folder create a new file called "Symbol List.tmPreferences"
3. Edit this file and copy the following lines into it:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>name</key>
  <string>Symbol List</string>
  <key>scope</key>
  <string>meta.decorator.ts, meta.var.expr.ts, meta.block.ts, meta.field.declaration.ts</string>
  <key>settings</key>
  <dict>
    <key>showInSymbolList</key>
    <integer>0</integer>
  </dict>
</dict>
</plist>

4. Save the file

The next time you press "ctrl-r" in a TypeScript file, you'll only get the method names displayed.

@saskoh Thanks, works great.

Why has this not made it to the actual package?

@stweedie , I think it's just that nobody had created a PR yet. So, I just put up #653 for it.

For anyone that stumbles on this, you can create a .tmPreferences file in any directory from which .tmPreferences files are loaded, included the User directory.

It can also have any name you want.

I have TypeScript - Symbol List.tmPreferences in Packages/User, which is nice, because it won't get overwritten every time there's a new release of the TypeScript plugin.

Also, there are a few other scopes that should be ignored aside from the ones @saskoh listed. This is what I'm working with right now:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>name</key>
  <string>Symbol List</string>
  <key>scope</key>
  <string>meta.function-call.ts, meta.parameters.ts, meta.decorator.ts, meta.var.expr.ts, meta.block.ts, meta.field.declaration.ts</string>
  <key>settings</key>
  <dict>
    <key>showInSymbolList</key>
    <integer>0</integer>
    <key>showInIndexedSymbolList</key>
    <integer>0</integer>
  </dict>
</dict>
</plist>

The above XML snippets didn't give me very many symbols to navigate to.

I copied the following from the #727 PR:

~/.config/sublime-text-3/Packages/User/ts-symbols-exclude.tmPreferences

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>name</key>
  <string>Symbol List</string>
  <key>scope</key>
  <string>meta.import.ts,meta.parameters.ts,meta.function-call.ts,meta.return.type.ts,meta.type.parameters.ts,meta.type.annotation.ts,meta.var.expr.ts,entity.name.type.module.ts,entity.name.type.ts</string>
  <key>settings</key>
  <dict>
    <key>showInSymbolList</key>
    <integer>0</integer>
  </dict>
</dict>
</plist>

~/.config/sublime-text-3/Packages/User/ts-symbols-include.tmPreferences

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>name</key>
  <string>Symbol List</string>
  <key>scope</key>
  <string>entity.name.type.class.ts, meta.definition.property.ts</string>
  <key>settings</key>
  <dict>
    <key>showInSymbolList</key>
    <integer>1</integer>
  </dict>
</dict>
</plist>