What’s New in VS Code 1.76? Top Features You Should Try

Configuration Files

VS Code now shows a profile badge in the activity bar and lets you switch profiles quickly via the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P → Profiles: Switch Profile ), displaying a dropdown of available profiles.

Accessibility Improvements

New audio cues such as audioCues.terminalCommandFailed play when a terminal command exits with a non‑zero code.

Movable Explorer View

The Explorer view can be placed in the secondary side bar or a panel, allowing you to reset view locations with Views: Reset View Locations .

Notebook Kernel MRU List

The kernel picker now defaults to the most‑recently‑used kernels (MRU). You can still view all kernels via Select Another Kernel… , grouped by source (Jupyter, Python, etc.).

Markdown Header Link

Use ## in a Markdown link to trigger workspace header completions, showing a list of all headers in the current workspace for easy linking.

Remote Development Usability

Default shortcut Ctrl+Alt+O opens the remote menu.

Reduced remote‑extension clutter in the menu.

"Install Additional Remote Extensions" now points to a curated list and hides when all are installed.

New Git/GitHub Theme

Documentation for Git source‑control users, covering basic Git usage, GitHub integration, and common FAQs.

Marketplace Search Improvements

Better relevance for multi‑word queries and more accurate extension search results.

Jupyter IPyWidgets 8 Support

Use the latest IPyWidgets version in your Jupyter notebooks.

Python pytest IntelliSense

Completions for pytest fixtures and parametrized arguments.

Go to Definition, Find All References, and Rename Symbol (F2) support.

Inlay hints and code actions for pytest parameter type annotations (enable via python.analysis.inlayHints.pytestParameters).

For more details, see the official release announcement at https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_76 .