The development team responsible for the source code editor at Microsoft has submitted version 1. 51 of Visual Studio Code. The October update contains new features for the workbench and the terminal. Work on the extension GitHub Pull Requests and Issues will also be continued.

News for the Workbench One of the innovations for the Workbench is that pinned tabs now always show a needle symbol, even if they are not active. This should make the pinned tabs easier to identify. When an editor is both pinned and contains unsaved changes, the icon reflects both states. In the new release, the source code editor shows in the Extension Tree View the help for the extension trees when hovering over them with the mouse (hover) with a cross-platform consistent display instead of native tool tips.

In addition, extensions can be made without Install synchronization while the settings synchronization is active. With version 1. 51 it is possible to install a file with the extension VSIX (Visual Studio Integration Extension) from the Explorer. To do this, developers must right-click on the VSIX file and select the context menu entry Install Extension VISX . Also new is the command workbench.action.blur , which removes the focus from any input that can be focused. A keyboard shortcut can be assigned to the command in the configuration.

New local echo mode for the integrated terminal If changes are made to the terminal, it is necessary that information be sent to the terminal process, processed and returned to Visual Studio Code. This process can be slow if the connection to an SSH server or codespace is poor. This is why the current release adds a local echo mode to the terminal, which is intended to predict changes and cursor movements made locally and to display them in the user interface without having to go there and back to the server.

Work on GitHub Pull Requests and Issues continues The development team announces that they will continue work on the GitHub Pull Requests and Issues extension, which allows developers to edit, create and manage pull requests and issues. Those responsible refer those interested who want to be kept up to date about new functions and updates to the changelog of version 0. 22. 0 of the extension.

Work on the extensions for remote development will also continue. This extension is intended to enable developers to use a container, a remote computer or the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) as a development environment. Visual Studio Code 1. 51 brings the possibility to keep terminal sessions or to establish new connections to them. In addition, the development team behind the editor worked on port forwarding.

As expected, the long list of new features in the October update includes support for the Beta for TypeScript 4.1. Interested parties can find more information on all new features in the announcement post on the Visual Studio Code blog.

(mdo)