August 2023 Recovery 1

The update addresses these issues, including a fix for a security vulnerability.

For the complete release notes go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.

August 2023

Welcome to the August 2023 release of Visual Studio Code. There are many updates in this version that we hope you'll like, some of the key highlights include:

• Accessibility improvements - Accessible View support for inline completions, updated keybindings.
• Built-in port forwarding - Forward local server ports from within VS Code.
• Sticky Scroll updates - Scrolls horizontally with editor, display last line in scope, folding UI.
• New diff editor features - Detect moved code, dynamically switch inline and side-by-side view.
• Command Center displayed by default - Quickly open files or run commands from the title bar.
• Copy Notebook output - Easily copy cell output as well as generated images.
• WebAssembly debugging - Decompile WASM code to step through and set breakpoints.
• New TypeScript refactorings - Move to File and Inline Variables refactorings.
• New Python Formatting topic - Learn how to integrate formatters such as autopep8 and Black.
• Preview: GitHub Copilot - CreateWorkspace command previews file structure of proposed code.

For the complete release notes go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.

Insiders: Want to try new features as soon as possible? You can download the nightly Insiders build and try the latest updates as soon as they are available.

July 2023 Recovery 1

The update addresses these issues.

For the complete release notes go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.

July 2023

Welcome to the July 2023 release of Visual Studio Code. There are many updates in this version that we hope you'll like, some of the key highlights include:

• Accessibility improvements - Accessible View support for notifications, chat responses, and hovers.
• VS Code Profiles - Finer control with partial profiles and "Apply to all profiles" options.
• New diff editor features - Collapse unchanged regions, better diff region text alignment.
• Git repositories with symlinks - Support for repository paths with symbolic links.
• Notebook updates - Search text in closed notebooks, "sticky scroll" displays Markdown headers.
• Python test discovery - Error tolerant pytest discovery continues across all files.
• Access Jupyter servers in GitHub Codespaces - Connect to a remote Jupyter server in a codespace.
• GitHub pull request creation - Better base branch detection, remember previous create PR options.
• Preview: GitHub Copilot UX - Quick Chat improvements, iterative /fix command.

If you'd like to read these release notes online, go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.

Insiders: Want to try new features as soon as possible? You can download the nightly Insiders build and try the latest updates as soon as they are available.

June 2023 Recovery 2

The update includes this pull request.

For the complete release notes go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.

June 2023 Recovery 1

The update addresses these issues, including a fix for a security vulnerability.

For the complete release notes go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.

June 2023

Welcome to the June 2023 release of Visual Studio Code. There are many updates in this version that we hope you'll like, some of the key highlights include:

• Accessibility improvements - Accessible View for better screen reader support, Copilot audio cues.
• Better editor group and tab resizing - Set min tab size, avoid unnecessary editor group resizing.
• Skip subwords when expanding selection - Control whether to use camel case for selection.
• Terminal image support - Display images directly in the integrated terminal.
• Python extensions for mypy and debugpy - For Python type checking and debugging in VS Code.
• Remote connections to WSL - Connect to WSL instances on remote machines using Tunnels.
• Preview: GitHub Copilot create workspace/notebook - Quickly scaffold projects and notebooks.
• New C# in VS Code documentation - Learn about C# development with the C# Dev Kit extension.

If you'd like to read these release notes online, go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.

Insiders: Want to try new features as soon as possible? You can download the nightly Insiders build and try the latest updates as soon as they are available.

May 2023 Recovery 2

The update addresses these issues.

For the complete release notes go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.

May 2023 Recovery 1

The update addresses these issues, including a fix for a security vulnerability.

For the complete release notes go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.

May 2023

Welcome to the May 2023 release of Visual Studio Code. There are many updates in this version that we hope you'll like, some of the key highlights include:

• Read-only mode - Mark specific files and folders in your workspace as read-only.
• 'Paste as' options - Choose how you'd like item links pasted into the editor.
• Automatic copy of external files - Drag or paste to Markdown adds new files to your workspace.
• Default Git repo branch name - Use "main" as the default or override via a user setting.
• Notebooks rich content search - Search based on Notebook output or filter on cell type.
• Linked editing for JSX tags - Simultaneously change opening and closing JSX tags.
• Preview: GitHub Copilot Chat improvements - Easily manage your chat session history. Inline chat "live preview."
• VS Code at Microsoft Build 2023 - Catch up on the sessions in the YouTube playlist.

If you'd like to read these release notes online, go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.

Insiders: Want to try new features as soon as possible? You can download the nightly Insiders build and try the latest updates as soon as they are available.