What’s New in VS Code 1.69? Explore the 3‑Way Merge Editor and More
Visual Studio Code 1.69 introduces a 3‑way merge editor, a new Command Center UI, Do‑Not‑Disturb mode, theme toggling, terminal shell integration, task output decorations, enhanced Git commit actions, advanced debugging steps, sourcemap toggling, a color‑theme tester, and a preview of VS Code Server for remote development.
Visual Studio Code 1.69 has been released with several major highlights.
3‑way merge editor – Resolve Git merge conflicts directly in VS Code with checkboxes to accept "Theirs" or "Yours" changes, word‑level merging, and warnings for unresolved conflicts.
The merge editor provides full language features, diagnostics, breakpoints, and test feedback, allowing immediate editing of results.
Command Center – A new UI for searching files, running commands, and browsing cursor history that replaces the normal title bar and offers a quick‑open dropdown with recent files.
Do‑Not‑Disturb mode – Silences non‑critical notification pop‑ups; progress notifications appear in the status bar, and hidden notifications remain accessible in the notification center.
Light/Dark theme toggle – New command Preferences: Toggle between Light/Dark Themes with shortcut Ctrl+Shift+P. Theme preferences are defined by settings such as workbench.preferredDarkColorTheme, workbench.preferredLightColorTheme, workbench.preferredHighContrastColorTheme, and workbench.preferredHighContrastLightColorTheme.
Terminal shell integration – Shows command status and recent commands for PowerShell, bash, and zsh. No longer in preview and will be enabled by default in VS Code 1.70, working with zero configuration.
Task output decorations – Highlights task exit codes to indicate success or failure.
Git Commit action buttons – Adds a Commit button with primary and secondary actions. The git.postCommitCommand setting controls auxiliary actions such as push or sync after committing.
Debug Step Into Target support – Right‑click a target area and choose Step Into Target to jump directly into a function, or use the new Command Palette command Debug: Step Into Target (shortcut Ctrl+F11).
JavaScript sourcemap toggle – Click the compass icon in the call‑stack view to enable or disable sourcemaps, allowing debugging of compiled code while preserving breakpoints.
Color theme tester – Preview color themes directly in vscode.dev .
VS Code Server preview – Private preview of a standalone VS Code Server built on the same backend as remote extensions, offering an interactive CLI and secure connections to vscode.dev without SSH.
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