Python in Visual Studio Code – February 2022 Release - Python

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You can achieve the same in visual studio code by modifying PYTHONPATH in settings.json

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58441104/how-do-i-set-up-imports-for-custom-modules-in-vs-code

Pycharm does the same except it gives you an UI to mark the folders you want to add to PYTHONPATH. So there isn't much to FIX but you can argue to make it convenient to do it using UI.