python-docs-opener

VS code extension to open documentation for the current symbol under the cursor in the default web browser.

Requirements

• python >= 3.6
• virtualenv

Commands

To open the current open documentation for the current symbol under the cursor in the web browser, either press Ctrl + Shift + P and search for Python Docs Opener, or use the keyboard shortcut Shift + F1.

Opening documentation from non-builtin Python libraries

You can use the setting additionalLibraryToDocsMappings to specify documentation for third party libraries. The variable ${symbol_name} can be used to specify the symbol. For example, to specify the documentation for pytest, add the following setting:

"pythonDocsOpener.additionalLibraryToDocsMappings": {
    "pytest": "https://docs.pytest.org/en/6.2.x/reference.html#${symbol_name}"
}