This August, Microsoft made several improvements to Visual Studio Code. The latest version of Visual Studio Code comes as v1.71 and includes several improvements in spite of developers taking vacations. The new improvements include an updated merge editor, support to display embedded audio and video, shell integration for Git Bash, and more.
- Merge editor improvements - Easier transition between text and merge editors.
- Expanded codecs support - To help display embedded audio and video in notebooks and webviews.
- File rename selection - Pressing F2 selects filename, whole name, or file extension.
- New Code Action UI - Quickly find the Code Action you're looking for.
- Terminal updates - Shell integration for fish and Git Bash, new smooth scrolling.
- Jupyter notebook image pasting - Paste and preview image files in notebook Markdown cells.
- TypeScript livestreams - Watch TS "Crash Course" or "Tips and Tricks" on YouTube.
- Live Preview extension - Live Preview now supports multi-root web projects.
- Markdown Language Server blog post - Learn how Markdown support moved to a Language Server.
In this milestone, we finished the exploration to bundle Electron 19 into VS Code desktop and we want to thank everyone involved with self-hosting on Insiders. This update comes with Chromium 102.0.5005.167 and Node.js 16.14.2.
Microsoft ended support for Windows 7 in January 2020. However, Electron continued to support Windows 7 by patching the libuv library. With the Electron 19 update, the libuv patch no longer works and we recommend users update to a newer Windows version in order to use the VS Code desktop version. VS Code will no longer provide product updates and security fixes on Windows 7.
