title: VSCode mouse-hover on Python Keywords not working
body: <p>While beginning to teach a friend how to code in Python, I observed something in his VSCode that was different than my own - he could mouse-hover on a Python keyword such as as <code>import</code> or <code>def</code>, and it would show the Python Manual definition for the keyword. My own VSCode does not do this.</p>
  <p>I have tried everything I can think of to find why this won't work for me, and I'm at a complete loss. I have compared my installation process to my friend's, followed the exact same steps I provided him for setting up his environment, and do not get the same results. I tried completely removing Python, VSCode and all residual VSCode files from my laptop, and reinstalling in the same order he did, still to no avail.</p>
  <p>I followed those same steps on a different laptop at work, and I can get the MouseHover to work there. The only feasible difference I can think of is that my work machine is not using the same Windows account as both my home PC and laptop - but I do not have Settings Sync enabled so I can't see why that should matter anyway.</p>
  <p>Any thoughts for what I'm overlooking to get this functionality working properly in VSCode for myself? I don't particularly need it, but I'd like to be in the same environment as my friend while I teach him.</p>
  <p>We're both on VSCode 1.55.2, Python 3.9.4, using a virtual environment created from VSCode's Powershell terminal, then restarted VSCode to get it to detect the virtual environment and use it as default for Terminals, and finally pip installed and enabled Pylint as the linter.</p>
  <p>Editing to add steps followed - I just went through all of this again on my home laptop, after completely removing all traces of VisualStudio2019 and Code, and Python. Note: this was on Windows 10, with all updates applied</p>
  <ul>
  <li>Install VSCode</li>
  <li>Install VSCode Python extension, MS version</li>
  <li>Install Python 3.9.4</li>
  <li>Open a new folder in VSCode, then open Terminal</li>
  <li>python -m venv venv</li>
  <li>create a <code>something.py</code> in the Explorer pane</li>
  <li>VSCode should detect the venv and offer to load it. Say yes</li>
  <li>VScode may also indiacte that <code>pylint</code> is not installed, Allow it to install, or manually <code>pip install pylint</code> from the venv.</li>
  <li>in <code>something.py</code> type out <code>import random</code></li>
  <li>Mouse over <code>import</code> -- this is the discrepancy. On both of my home machines, there is no mousehover anything. on both of my friend's machines, as well as my machine at work, the following is shown:</li>
  </ul>
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/uEVE0.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/uEVE0.png" alt="MouseHover on keywords" /></a></p>