What’s New in Visual Studio Code 1.45? Key Features and Improvements
Visual Studio Code 1.45 introduces enhanced syntax highlighting, accessibility options, GitHub authentication, a preview JavaScript debugger, WebAssembly performance boosts, and new editor settings, offering developers a richer, more efficient coding experience across platforms.
Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code team announced that the popular editor is updated every four weeks, with the current release being version 1.45.
The update focuses on syntax highlighting, a GitHub extension, accessibility improvements, and a new JavaScript debugging tool.
New Visual Studio Code 1.45
Accessibility issues have been further addressed; users can navigate the workbench with F6/Shift+F6, and screen readers can read the status bar when focused.
Feedback can now be sent directly to the VSC team through a new channel.
A new setting workbench.editor.scrollToSwitchTabs lets users switch tabs with the mouse.
VS Code now includes a WebAssembly binding that reportedly improves performance, and it eliminates internal memory allocations in loops.
Another new feature allows custom language token color rules via editor.semanticTokenColorCustomizations.
GitHub Authentication
VS Code now supports automatic authentication for GitHub repositories, simplifying management of public and private repos without additional credential managers. Git commands in the integrated terminal can authenticate automatically.
New JavaScript Debugger
The preview JavaScript debugger can be enabled with debug.javascript.usePreview.
Additional enhancements include performance analysis support and configurable profiling durations.
For more details, visit the official update page: https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_45
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