*object[ \t]+([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/\1/o,objects/ --regex-scala=/^[ \t]*private def[ \t]+([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/\1/pd,defs/ which is saved in ~/.ctags run : ctags -R. in your project directory and hit Ctrl-] to jump to definition And voila!
*class[ \t]+([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/\1/c,classes/ --regex-scala=/^[ \t]*trait[ \t]+([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/\1/t,traits/ --regex-scala=/.