dotnet · Copilot · Apr 22, 2026
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ### Fixed
 
 * Fix NRE when calling virtual Object methods on value types through inline SRTP functions. ([Issue #8098](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/issues/8098), [PR #19511](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/19511))
+* Narrow 'No overloads match for method' error range to method name only instead of covering the entire expression. Also narrow FSharpSymbolUse ranges reported through the name-resolution sink (used by Find Usages, symbol highlight, and semantic classification) so they report on the terminal identifier of a dotted long identifier instead of the whole object-expression path. ([Issue #14284](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/issues/14284), [Issue #3920](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/issues/3920), [PR #19505](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/19505))
 * Fix DU case names matching IWSAM member names no longer cause duplicate property entries. (Issue [#14321](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/issues/14321), [PR #19341](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/19341))
 * Fix DefaultAugmentation(false) duplicate entry in method table. (Issue [#16565](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/issues/16565), [PR #19341](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/19341))
 * Fix abstract event accessors now have SpecialName flag. (Issue [#5834](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/issues/5834), [PR #19341](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/19341))

@@ -6642,7 +6642,7 @@ and TcTyparExprThen (cenv: cenv) overallTy env tpenv synTypar m delayed =
             | [] -> delayed2
             | _ -> DelayedDotLookup (rest, m2) :: delayed2
         CallNameResolutionSink cenv.tcSink (ident.idRange, env.NameEnv, item, emptyTyparInst, ItemOccurrence.Use, env.AccessRights)
-        TcItemThen cenv overallTy env tpenv ([], item, mExprAndLongId, [], AfterResolution.DoNothing) (Some ty) delayed3
+        TcItemThen cenv overallTy env tpenv ([], item, mExprAndLongId, mExprAndLongId, [], AfterResolution.DoNothing) (Some ty) delayed3
         //TcLookupItemThen cenv overallTy env tpenv mObjExpr objExpr objExprTy delayed item mItem rest afterResolution
     | _ ->
         let (SynTypar(_, q, _)) = synTypar
@@ -8631,7 +8631,7 @@ and TcNameOfExpr (cenv: cenv) env tpenv (synArg: SynExpr) =
             let nameResolutionResult = ResolveLongIdentAsExprAndComputeRange cenv.tcSink cenv.nameResolver (rangeOfLid longId) ad env.eNameResEnv typeNameResInfo longId None
             let resolvesAsExpr =
                 match nameResolutionResult with
-                | Result (_, item, _, _, _ as res)
+                | Result (_, item, _, _, _, _ as res)
                     when
                          (match item with
                           | Item.DelegateCtor _
@@ -8880,7 +8880,7 @@ and TcLongIdentThen (cenv: cenv) (overallTy: OverallTy) env tpenv (SynLongIdent(
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------- *)
 
 // mItem is the textual range covered by the long identifiers that make up the item
-and TcItemThen (cenv: cenv) (overallTy: OverallTy) env tpenv (tinstEnclosing, item, mItem, rest, afterResolution) staticTyOpt delayed =
+and TcItemThen (cenv: cenv) (overallTy: OverallTy) env tpenv (tinstEnclosing, item, mItem, _mItemIdent, rest, afterResolution) staticTyOpt delayed =
     let delayed = delayRest rest mItem delayed
     match item with
     // x where x is a union case or active pattern result tag.
@@ -9120,8 +9120,8 @@ and TcTypeItemThen (cenv: cenv) overallTy env nm ty tpenv mItem tinstEnclosing d
         let item = Item.Types(nm, [ty])
         CallNameResolutionSink cenv.tcSink (mExprAndTypeArgs, env.NameEnv, item, emptyTyparInst, ItemOccurrence.Use, env.eAccessRights)
         let typeNameResInfo = GetLongIdentTypeNameInfo otherDelayed
-        let item, mItem, rest, afterResolution = ResolveExprDotLongIdentAndComputeRange cenv.tcSink cenv.nameResolver (unionRanges mExprAndTypeArgs mLongId) ad env.eNameResEnv ty longId typeNameResInfo IgnoreOverrides true None
-        TcItemThen cenv overallTy env tpenv ((argsOfAppTy g ty), item, mItem, rest, afterResolution) None otherDelayed
+        let item, mItem, mItemIdent, rest, afterResolution = ResolveExprDotLongIdentAndComputeRange cenv.tcSink cenv.nameResolver (unionRanges mExprAndTypeArgs mLongId) ad env.eNameResEnv ty longId typeNameResInfo IgnoreOverrides true None
+        TcItemThen cenv overallTy env tpenv ((argsOfAppTy g ty), item, mItem, mItemIdent, rest, afterResolution) None otherDelayed
 
     | DelayedTypeApp(tyargs, _mTypeArgs, mExprAndTypeArgs) :: _delayed' ->
         // A case where we have an incomplete name e.g. 'Foo<int>.' - we still want to report it to VS!
@@ -9720,7 +9720,7 @@ and TcLookupThen cenv overallTy env tpenv mObjExpr objExpr objExprTy longId dela
         CanonicalizePartialInferenceProblem cenv.css env.DisplayEnv mExprAndLongId (freeInTypeLeftToRight g false objExprTy)
 
     let maybeAppliedArgExpr = DelayedItem.maybeAppliedArgForPreferExtensionOverProperty delayed
-    let item, mItem, rest, afterResolution = ResolveExprDotLongIdentAndComputeRange cenv.tcSink cenv.nameResolver mExprAndLongId ad env.NameEnv objExprTy longId TypeNameResolutionInfo.Default findFlag false maybeAppliedArgExpr
+    let item, mItem, _mItemIdent, rest, afterResolution = ResolveExprDotLongIdentAndComputeRange cenv.tcSink cenv.nameResolver mExprAndLongId ad env.NameEnv objExprTy longId TypeNameResolutionInfo.Default findFlag false maybeAppliedArgExpr
     TcLookupItemThen cenv overallTy env tpenv mObjExpr objExpr objExprTy delayed item mItem rest afterResolution
 
 and TcLookupItemThen cenv overallTy env tpenv mObjExpr objExpr objExprTy delayed item mItem rest afterResolution =
@@ -10462,6 +10462,30 @@ and TcMethodApplication
 
         let result, errors = ResolveOverloadingForCall denv cenv.css mMethExpr methodName callerArgs ad postArgumentTypeCheckingCalledMethGroup true returnTy
 
+        // Narrow the error range for unresolved overloading from the whole expression (mMethExpr)
+        // to just the method name. For instance calls like T.Instance.Method(""), mItem covers
+        // the entire "T.Instance.Method" range, so we compute the method-name-only range from
+        // the end of mItem and the method name length. See https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/issues/14284.
+        let errors =
+            match errors with
+            | ErrorResult(warns, UnresolvedOverloading(denvErr, callerArgsErr, failure, _mWide)) ->
+                let mMethodName =
+                    let itemWidth = mItem.EndColumn - mItem.StartColumn
+                    // Only narrow when the range is single-line and the method name fits within it.
+                    // Generic constructors may have internal names longer than the source text
+                    // (e.g., "ImmutableStack`1" vs source "ImmutableStack").
+                    if
+                        mItem.StartLine = mItem.EndLine
+                        && methodName.Length < itemWidth
+                        && not (DoesIdentifierNeedBackticks methodName)
+                    then
+                        let startPos = mkPos mItem.EndLine (mItem.EndColumn - methodName.Length)
+                        withStart startPos mItem
+                    else
+                        mItem
+                ErrorResult(warns, UnresolvedOverloading(denvErr, callerArgsErr, failure, mMethodName))
+            | other -> other
+
         match afterResolution, result with
         | AfterResolution.DoNothing, _ -> ()
 

@@ -4160,14 +4160,36 @@ let private ResolveExprDotLongIdent (ncenv: NameResolver) m ad nenv ty (id: Iden
     | _ ->
         ForceRaise adhocDotSearchAccessible
 
+/// Returns a pair (itemRange, itemIdentRange):
+///
+/// * `itemRange` is the structural range of the long identifier as consumed
+///   by resolution — the whole-long-id span when `rest = []`, or the range
+///   over the consumed prefix when `rest <> []`. This is what typed-tree
+///   construction uses for expression ranges and sequence points, so we
+///   never narrow it.
+/// * `itemIdentRange` is the terminal identifier's own source range — the
+///   piece the user perceives as "this item's name". It is used for
+///   diagnostics and for sink-reported symbol ranges (Find Usages, symbol
+///   highlight, FSharpSymbolUse) so error / IDE UI hits only the resolved
+///   name. Fixes #14284 and #3920.
+///
+/// For `T.Instance.Method("")`:
+///   itemRange      = `T.Instance.Method`
+///   itemIdentRange = `Method`
 let ComputeItemRange wholem (lid: Ident list) rest =
-    match rest with
-    | [] -> wholem
-    | _ ->
-        let ids = List.truncate (max 0 (lid.Length - rest.Length)) lid
-        match ids with
+    let itemRange =
+        match rest with
         | [] -> wholem
-        | _ -> rangeOfLid ids
+        | _ ->
+            let ids = List.truncate (max 0 (lid.Length - rest.Length)) lid
+            match ids with
+            | [] -> wholem
+            | _ -> rangeOfLid ids
+    let itemIdentRange =
+        match rest, lid with
+        | [], _ :: _ -> (List.last lid).idRange
+        | _ -> itemRange
+    itemRange, itemIdentRange
 
 /// Filters method groups that will be sent to Visual Studio IntelliSense
 /// to include only static/instance members
@@ -4215,7 +4237,7 @@ let ResolveLongIdentAsExprAndComputeRange (sink: TcResultsSink) (ncenv: NameReso
     match ResolveExprLongIdent sink ncenv wholem ad nenv typeNameResInfo lid maybeAppliedArgExpr with 
     | Exception e -> Exception e 
     | Result (tinstEnclosing, item1, rest) ->
-    let itemRange = ComputeItemRange wholem lid rest
+    let itemRange, itemIdentRange = ComputeItemRange wholem lid rest
 
     let item = FilterMethodGroups ncenv itemRange item1 true
 
@@ -4241,13 +4263,16 @@ let ResolveLongIdentAsExprAndComputeRange (sink: TcResultsSink) (ncenv: NameReso
                 | Item.ActivePatternResult _ -> ItemOccurrence.Binding
                 | _ -> ItemOccurrence.Use
 
-            CallMethodGroupNameResolutionSink sink (itemRange, nenv, refinedItem, item, tpinst, occurrence, ad)
+            // Use the narrow terminal-identifier range for the sink so that
+            // FSharpSymbolUse / Find Usages / symbol-highlight surfaces report
+            // only on the name the user perceives as the item's name, not on
+            // the full long-id span. See #3920, #14284.
+            CallMethodGroupNameResolutionSink sink (itemIdentRange, nenv, refinedItem, item, tpinst, occurrence, ad)
 
             // #16621
             match refinedItem with
             | Item.Property(_, pinfos, _) ->
-                let propIdentRange = if rest.IsEmpty then (List.last lid).idRange else itemRange
-                RegisterUnionCaseTesterForProperty sink propIdentRange pinfos
+                RegisterUnionCaseTesterForProperty sink itemIdentRange pinfos
             | _ -> ()
 
     let callSinkWithSpecificOverload (minfo: MethInfo, pinfoOpt: PropInfo option, tpinst) =
@@ -4267,14 +4292,14 @@ let ResolveLongIdentAsExprAndComputeRange (sink: TcResultsSink) (ncenv: NameReso
                 AfterResolution.RecordResolution(None, (fun tpinst -> callSink(item, tpinst)), callSinkWithSpecificOverload, (fun () -> callSink (item, emptyTyparInst)))
 
             elif isWrongItemInExpr item then
-               CallNameResolutionSink sink (itemRange, nenv, item, emptyTyparInst, ItemOccurrence.InvalidUse, ad)
+               CallNameResolutionSink sink (itemIdentRange, nenv, item, emptyTyparInst, ItemOccurrence.InvalidUse, ad)
                AfterResolution.DoNothing
 
             else
                callSink (item, emptyTyparInst)
                AfterResolution.DoNothing
 
-    success (tinstEnclosing, item, itemRange, rest, afterResolution)
+    success (tinstEnclosing, item, itemRange, itemIdentRange, rest, afterResolution)
 
 [<return: Struct>]
 let (|NonOverridable|_|) namedItem =
@@ -4292,11 +4317,11 @@ let ResolveExprDotLongIdentAndComputeRange (sink: TcResultsSink) (ncenv: NameRes
             | id :: rest ->
                 ResolveExprDotLongIdent ncenv wholem ad nenv ty id rest typeNameResInfo findFlag maybeAppliedArgExpr
             | _ -> error(InternalError("ResolveExprDotLongIdentAndComputeRange", wholem))
-        let itemRange = ComputeItemRange wholem lid rest
-        resInfo, item, rest, itemRange
+        let itemRange, itemIdentRange = ComputeItemRange wholem lid rest
+        resInfo, item, rest, itemRange, itemIdentRange
 
     // "true" resolution
-    let resInfo, item, rest, itemRange = resolveExpr findFlag
+    let resInfo, item, rest, itemRange, itemIdentRange = resolveExpr findFlag
     ResolutionInfo.SendEntityPathToSink(sink, ncenv, nenv, ItemOccurrence.Use, ad, resInfo, ResultTyparChecker(fun () -> CheckAllTyparsInferrable ncenv.amap itemRange item))
 
     // Record the precise resolution of the field for intellisense/goto definition
@@ -4305,25 +4330,26 @@ let ResolveExprDotLongIdentAndComputeRange (sink: TcResultsSink) (ncenv: NameRes
         | None -> AfterResolution.DoNothing // do not refine the resolution if nobody listens
         | Some _ ->
             // resolution for goto definition
-            let unrefinedItem, itemRange, overrides =
+            let unrefinedItem, itemRange, itemIdentRange, overrides =
                 match findFlag, item with
                 | FindMemberFlag.PreferOverrides, _
-                | _, NonOverridable() -> item, itemRange, false
+                | _, NonOverridable() -> item, itemRange, itemIdentRange, false
                 | FindMemberFlag.IgnoreOverrides, _
                 | FindMemberFlag.DiscardOnFirstNonOverride, _ ->
-                    let _, item, _, itemRange = resolveExpr FindMemberFlag.PreferOverrides
-                    item, itemRange, true
+                    let _, item, _, itemRange, itemIdentRange = resolveExpr FindMemberFlag.PreferOverrides
+                    item, itemRange, itemIdentRange, true
 
             let callSink (refinedItem, tpinst) =
                 let refinedItem = FilterMethodGroups ncenv itemRange refinedItem staticOnly
                 let unrefinedItem = FilterMethodGroups ncenv itemRange unrefinedItem staticOnly
-                CallMethodGroupNameResolutionSink sink (itemRange, nenv, refinedItem, unrefinedItem, tpinst, ItemOccurrence.Use, ad)
+                // Use narrow terminal-identifier range for the sink (FSharpSymbolUse / Find Usages
+                // / symbol highlight). See #3920, #14284.
+                CallMethodGroupNameResolutionSink sink (itemIdentRange, nenv, refinedItem, unrefinedItem, tpinst, ItemOccurrence.Use, ad)
 
                 // #16621
                 match refinedItem with
                 | Item.Property(_, pinfos, _) ->
-                    let propIdentRange = if rest.IsEmpty then (List.last lid).idRange else itemRange
-                    RegisterUnionCaseTesterForProperty sink propIdentRange pinfos
+                    RegisterUnionCaseTesterForProperty sink itemIdentRange pinfos
                 | _ -> ()
 
             let callSinkWithSpecificOverload (minfo: MethInfo, pinfoOpt: PropInfo option, tpinst) =
@@ -4344,7 +4370,7 @@ let ResolveExprDotLongIdentAndComputeRange (sink: TcResultsSink) (ncenv: NameRes
                 callSink (unrefinedItem, emptyTyparInst)
                 AfterResolution.DoNothing
 
-    item, itemRange, rest, afterResolution
+    item, itemRange, itemIdentRange, rest, afterResolution
 
 
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------

@@ -875,6 +875,11 @@ val internal ResolvePartialLongIdentToClassOrRecdFields:
 val internal ResolveRecordOrClassFieldsOfType: NameResolver -> range -> AccessorDomain -> TType -> bool -> Item list
 
 /// Resolve a long identifier occurring in an expression position.
+///
+/// Returns the structural `range` (the whole long-identifier span used for
+/// typed-tree construction) and a narrow `range` — the terminal identifier's
+/// own source range — for use in diagnostics and symbol-use reporting
+/// (see #14284, #3920).
 val internal ResolveLongIdentAsExprAndComputeRange:
     sink: TcResultsSink ->
     ncenv: NameResolver ->
@@ -884,9 +889,14 @@ val internal ResolveLongIdentAsExprAndComputeRange:
     typeNameResInfo: TypeNameResolutionInfo ->
     lid: Ident list ->
     maybeAppliedArgExpr: SynExpr option ->
-        ResultOrException<EnclosingTypeInst * Item * range * Ident list * AfterResolution>
+        ResultOrException<EnclosingTypeInst * Item * range * range * Ident list * AfterResolution>
 
 /// Resolve a long identifier occurring in an expression position, qualified by a type.
+///
+/// Returns the structural `range` (the whole long-identifier span used for
+/// typed-tree construction) and a narrow `range` — the terminal identifier's
+/// own source range — for use in diagnostics and symbol-use reporting
+/// (see #14284, #3920).
 val internal ResolveExprDotLongIdentAndComputeRange:
     sink: TcResultsSink ->
     ncenv: NameResolver ->
@@ -899,7 +909,7 @@ val internal ResolveExprDotLongIdentAndComputeRange:
     findFlag: FindMemberFlag ->
     staticOnly: bool ->
     maybeAppliedArgExpr: SynExpr option ->
-        Item * range * Ident list * AfterResolution
+        Item * range * range * Ident list * AfterResolution
 
 /// A generator of type instantiations used when no more specific type instantiation is known.
 val FakeInstantiationGenerator: range -> Typar list -> TType list

@@ -466,13 +466,29 @@ module internal SynExprAppLocationsImpl =
             | _ -> None, Some inner
 
     let getAllCurriedArgsAtPosition pos parseTree =
+        // Finds the leaf (non-App) function expression in a curried application chain.
+        // E.g. for App(App(LongIdent([M;f]), arg1), arg2) returns LongIdent([M;f]).
+        let rec getLeafFuncExpr =
+            function
+            | SynExpr.App(funcExpr = funcExpr) -> getLeafFuncExpr funcExpr
+            | expr -> expr
+
         SyntaxTraversal.Traverse(
             pos,
             parseTree,
             { new SyntaxVisitorBase<_>() with
                 member _.VisitExpr(_path, traverseSynExpr, defaultTraverse, expr) =
                     match expr with
-                    | SynExpr.App(_exprAtomicFlag, _isInfix, funcExpr, argExpr, range) when posEq pos range.Start ->
+                    // After symbol-use range narrowing for dotted accesses (e.g. M.f, obj.Method),
+                    // pos may point at the terminal identifier rather than the full long-id start.
+                    // The second condition handles this by checking whether pos falls within the
+                    // leaf function expression's range in the application chain.
+                    // We exclude infix applications from the fallback to avoid matching operator
+                    // uses like "a === b" where pos points at the operator.
+                    | SynExpr.App(_exprAtomicFlag, isInfix, funcExpr, argExpr, range) when
+                        posEq pos range.Start
+                        || (not isInfix && rangeContainsPos (getLeafFuncExpr funcExpr).Range pos)
+                        ->
                         let isInfixFuncExpr =
                             match funcExpr with
                             | SynExpr.App(_, isInfix, _, _, _) -> isInfix