VS Code extension API - using complex command “workbench.action.quickOpen” that waits for user action before resolving the promise

I have a VS Code extension, and I'm trying to execute a VS Code command. The command I want to use is "workbench.action.quickOpen"; I want to use this command to navigate to a method IF it exists.

I have the following code:

await vscode.commands.executeCommand('workbench.action.quickOpen', '#MethodToNavigateTo');


The problem here is, the quick open tool will open, populate with the method name, but the promise will only resolve once an item has been selected manually by the user.

Ideally what I want is to search for methods, if it exists, navigate to it, else, simply resolve the promise and do nothing. Is it possible to do this in a VS Code extension, or is there a workaround for me?

For context, I want to use this for a cucumber-js extension, so you can navigate to step files from feature files.

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